C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E : See Leang Chin PERSONAL ADDRESS 950, Rue Jean-Hamelin,Quebec City, Quebec, G1V 3A3, CANADA TELEPHONE NUMBER Office: Fax : EMAIL slchin@phy.ulaval.ca BORN May 24, 1942, Padang Rengas, Perak, Malaysia CITIZENSHIP Canadian CIVIL STATUS Married (two children) DEGREES B.Sc. (Physics), National Taiwan University, Taiwan (1964) (418) 656-3418 (418) 656-2623 M.Sc. (Physics), University of Waterloo, Ontario (1966) Ph.D. (Physics), University of Waterloo, Ontario (1969) EXPERTISE Ultrafast intense laser propagation and filamentation, fs laser induced fluorescence, intense laser ionization, dissociation, atoms and molecules, ultrafast laser material processing. DISTINCTIONS AND AWARDS 1989.10 1989 Outstanding Scientific Achievement Award of the ChineseCanadian Institute of Arts and Science, Toronto (Ontario) 1990.08 Summa in Research, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Laval University (Québec) 1995.05 Fellow of The Optical Society of America 1995 Finalist, Award of excellence, Quebec Intercultural harmonization Prize (Finaliste, prix de l’excellence des Prix du rapprochement interculturel du Québec) 1999 Humboldt Research Award of the Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation, Germany1 2001 - 2014 Canada Research Chair (senior), Ultrafast Intense Laser Science 2 2007. 09.23-27. Gold medal (for his outstanding contribution to laser science), International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy. 2008.06. Honourary Doctor of Science degree, University of Waterloo, Canada. 1 The Humboldt Research Award was the most prestigious international award given by a German academic organisation. An awardee was invited to go to Germany to undertake collaborative research activities with the best German scholars of his choice for 12 months within five consecutive years. 2 The Canada Research Chair program was established in 2000 by the Government of Canada to attract to and retain in Canada exceptional researchers. It encourages the best scholars to carry out world class research and activities in any Canadian University. It is the most important and prestigious position a Canadian University professor can achieve. Senior Chairs are established internationally recognized experts in their fields of endeavour and the position is for a period of 7 years renewable indefinitely. A junior Chair is a younger faculty with a high potential of becoming an internationally recognized expert. The term position is for five years renewable only once. 1 2011.06 CAP (Canadian Association of Physicists) medal of lifetime achievement in physics, the CAP’s highest distinction. 2011.07.3-6. Recognition plaque: ‘In appreciation of his outstanding contributions to the fundamental understanding of multiphoton processes’ at the 12 th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, Sapporo, Japan. 2012.05. Honorary Professor, Shanghai Institute for Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. ACADEMIC, RESEARCH AND INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE Positions Held Dates Department Post-doctor 1969-1970 Department of Physics Université Laval, Québec Research Ass’t. 1971-1972 Department of Physics Université Laval, Québec Ass’t Prof. 1972-1977 Department of Physics Université Laval, Québec Scientific consultant 1973-1979 Visiting scientist Nov.-Dec. 1974 Visiting scientist May-Aug. 1975 Multiphoton Processes Lab. S.P.A. Centre d'études nucléaires de Saclay, France Visiting scientist July-Aug. 1976 Multiphoton Processes Lab. S.P.A. Centre d'études nucléaires de Saclay, France Associate Prof. 1977-1982 Department of Physics Université Laval, Québec Visiting scientist May-Sept. 1978 Physical Chemistry Branch Chalk River Nuclear Lab. - AECL Visiting prof. Sept 1979June 1980 Physics and Center for Interdisciplinary Studies University of Bielefield, West Germany Visiting prof. July-Aug. 1980 Institute of Electronics and four Institutes of Optics Academy of Sciences, China Director 1981-1987 Laboratory for Research in Optics and Lasers (LROL) Université Laval, Québec Full Professor 1982- 2013 Department of Physics Université Laval, Québec Visiting prof. July-Aug. 1984 Visiting prof. July-Aug. 1985 --- Institution K.A. Mace Ltd, Kitchener, Ontario Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology Taiwan Chung Shan Institute of Science and Technology, Taiwan Nat’l Development Seminar (2 weeks) 2 Bureau of the Premier, Taiwan Visiting scientist Sept. 1987Jan. 1988 National Research Council of Canada Ottawa Visiting prof. Feb. 1988July 1988 Institute of Optics and Lab. for Laser Energetics University of Rochester, Rochester, New-York, USA Visiting prof. 1992-1994 INRS-Énergie Varennes, Québec Humboldt Research Awardee 1999-2004 Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics & University of Jena Germany Guest Professor July-Oct. 1998 Kyoto University Visiting Chair Professor Nov.-Dec. 1998 National Taiwan University Institute of Electro-Optical Engineering, Taiwan. External Examiner 2001-2006 Physics Department University of Malaya Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Honorary Visiting Professor 2004 Physics Department East China Normal University Shanghai, China Honorary consultant Professor 2004 Physics Department Shanghai Jiaotong University Shanghai, China Honorary Professor 2012 Shanghai, China. Adjunct professor 2013 - … Shanghai Institute of Optics And Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Physics Dept. Institute of Advanced Energy Japan Laval University, Canada. CONTRIBUTION TO RESEARCH 1. National and International recognition SL Chin is an experimental physicist with national and international recognition. This can be seen by the various honors he received over the years. 1.1 He has held a Canada Research Chair (senior) since January 2001. It is the most important and prestigious position a Canadian University professor can achieve. Senior Chairs are established internationally recognized experts in their fields of endeavour. 1.2 He was awarded the Humboldt Research Award in 1999 by the Alexander von Humboldt Research Foundation of Germany. According to Dr. Bill Bhaneja, Counsellor, Science and Technology, Canadian Embassy, Berlin, Germany (1999): ‘This is the most prestigious science award from a German institution. Since 1972, the year of introduction of the award, Humboldt Research Award winners include 28 Nobel Prize winners. An awardee is invited to go to Germany to undertake collaborative research activities with the best German scholars of his choice for 12 months within five consecutive years.’ 1.3 He was Fellow of the Optical Society of America, USA since 1995. The Optical Society of America is the most prestigious professional society in the field of pure and applied optics, photonics and laser. 1.4 He received the Honorary doctorate degree (honoris causa), University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, June 11, 2008. 1.5 He was the Honorary Chair, International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS-6), Pisa, Sept. 23-27, 2007 where he was awarded a gold medal in special recognition for his outstanding contribution in the field of the conference. 1.6 He received the 2011 CAP (Canadian Association of Physicists) medal of lifetime achievement in physics, the top award of CAP. 3 1.7 He received the Plaque of recognition for his outstanding contribution to the fundamental understanding of multiphoton processes at the 13th ICOMP (International Conference On Multiphoton Processes) in Sapporo, Japan, 2011.07.3-6. 2. Leadership in the field of ultrafast intense laser science 2.1.1 Leading and/or pioneering research in intense laser ionization - S.L. Chin was the first to confirm experimentally the existence of laser tunnel ionization of atoms with a CO2 laser (S. L. Chin, et al, J. Phys. B:At. Mol. Phys. 18, L213, 1985). For 20 years before this, such tunnel ionization was considered by many to be an impossible or erroneous physical process. This was a breakthrough; tunnel ionization became a gateway process in understanding all ultrafast intense laser processes in atoms and molecules including generating high order harmonic & attosecond pulses. - First observation of suppressed ionization of molecules using femtosecond intense Ti-sapphire laser. - First confirmation of charge-resonance-enhanced-ionization in molecules. - Pioneering experiments showing inner valence/shell electron ejection by femtosecond laser pulses. - First observation of the signature of the universal phenomenon of population trapping in an atom through multiphoton dynamic resonance with the Rydberg states and interference stabilization using an intense femtosecond Ti-sapphire laser. The experimental signature has escaped observation in the past 30 years. - First observation of non-sequential multiple electrons emission from atoms and molecules. - First observation of high order harmonic generation in molecules. 2.1.2 Leading research in the propagation and filamentation of ultrafast intense laser pulses in optical media S.L. Chin is among the leading scientists to advance the fundamental understanding of filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses which self-transform into white light laser pulses (supercontinuum) in an optical medium. Many key phenomena of filamentation were either observed, discovered, explained or confirmed by Prof. Chin and his collaborators. These include plasma generation stopping self-focusing, intensity clamping, background reservoir, the absence of breakdown in gases and self-spatial filtering. They also developed the key concept of slice-by-slice self-focusing. New phenomena due to filamentation in gases were observed. These include the generation of electromagnetic pulses in the low frequency region (radio wave and THz) and self-group-phase locking. The latter results in the efficient third harmonic generation. Self-group-phase-locking led us to discover efficient four-wave-mixing inside a filament resulting in tunable and self-compressed visible few cycle pulses with near perfect spatial quality. Because of intensity clamping, self-stabilization of the energy inside the filament core leads to the stabilization of the third hamonics and fourwave-mixing pulses. Multiple filamentation and their competition were observed and their regularization proposed. Long range filamentation together with the generation of third harmonics in air was demonstrated. Fluorescence without plasma background from gas molecules inside the filament in air was observed; hence, ‘clean’ fluorescence. The fluorescence of nitrogen in air has ASE (amplified spontaneous emission) type of gain inside the filament. Lasing in the sky was thus first observed and proposed. In the case of condensed matter, they discovered the bandgap dependence of the supercontinuum, observed and explained melting of glass during filamentation, densification in glass and consequently, the control of wave guide writing in glasses. The good qualities of filamentation (self-stabilization, intensity clamping, self-spatial filtering, self-compression, self-group-phase-locking, self-transportation at high intensity to long distances in air, low plasma density, etc.) would have a profound impact on applications some of which were already demonstrated by S. L. Chin and his group; e.g. third harmonic generation, four-wave-mixing and clean fluorescence. This would become a new front in the field. S.L. Chin calls this ‘filamentation nonlinear optics’. Since 2008, a new phenomenon was observed internationally which he called ‘ultrafast birefringence’ inside the linearly polarized filaments in gases. A linearly polarized probe pulse would become elliptically polarized while propagating together with the pump pulse. If the probe pulse is delayed with respect to the pump pulse in air, polarization separation of the probe as well as revival of molecular rotational wave packets (N2 and O2) were observed by SL Chin and co-workers. 2.1.3 filament in air Leading research in detecting chemical and biological molecules inside femtosecond laser induced Armed with the knowledge of filamentation and his extensive experience in multiphoton/tunnel ionization, S.L. Chin demonstrated that all molecules would be ionized and fragmented inside the filament (of the 800nm Ti-sapphire laser 4 pulse) in air and some fragments would emit finger print fluorescence. Indeed, he and his group found that all of the molecules they have studied so far (some di-atomics, some halocarbons, some hydrocarbons, ethanol and even biomolecules such as egg white and yeast) emit distinctive ‘finger print’ fluorescence spectra. They were able to measure the back scattered fluorescence signal from some of these molecules at a distance of about 20-100m and extrapolated the results to 1 or more km. Thus, it is feasible to remotely detect chemical and biological agents in air using only one laser. 2.1.4 Population trapping in molecules The first discovery of population trapping in atoms by SL Chin and his group was in the mid-1990’s. This phenomenon recently emerged from inside filaments in air and other molecules. It was again SL Chin who pioneered the measurement/observation of population trapping in air and other molecules. The universality has influenced the fundamental understanding of filamentation physics. It also found application in the remote detection of THz pulses (see below). 2.1.5 Super-excited states of molecules Super-excited states used to be studied by chemists using synchrotron radiation in the XUV. SL Chin’s group was the first to discover that inside the filament, molecules are not only ionized but could be excited into the super-excited states through multiphoton absorption and population trapping. Such super-excited states would decay into, among others, neutral fluorescing fragments. The fluorescence from pollutant molecules mostly arise from such super-excited states. For the first time SL Chin and co-workers were able to measure the very short life time of the super-excited states of several molecules: O2, CH4, H2, NO, C2H2. They are all in the range between 100 to 250 fs. 2.1.6 Generation of tunable few cycle pulses through four wave mixing S.L. Chin proposed that all parametric processes would be very efficient inside a filament because of the inherent self-group-phase locking by the filamenting pulse. He and his collaborators demonstrated this idea. During four-wavemixing between an infrared laser pulse and the 800nm filamenting pulse, tunable few cycle pulses in the visible can be generated efficiently through ω4MW = 2ωP – ωir where ω4WM indicates the new frequency, ωP, the frequency of the pump at 800nm and ωir, the infrared pulse. A patent of invention on this technique was obtained recently. This idea could be extrapolated to the generation of pulses at any wavelength from the radio frequency to the UV. So far, IR, UV and THz pulses were generated. 2.1.7 - Demonstration of remote generation of terahertz (THz) pulses from inside a remotely generated filament. Discovered that trapped Rydberg states of nitrogen molecules inside a filament in air can be used to indirectly detect THz pulses from a distance. The THz pulse simply ionize the trapped Rydberg states of nitrogen molecules thus enhancing the fluorescence. 2.1.8 - Lasing in air S. L. Chin and his group discovered lasing action in an air filament. Recently, there was a surge of interest in this problem in the filamentation community. Many new lasing observation in air were reported. Prof. Chin again led the way to demonstrate the generality of this lasing action. He and his collaborators observed and explained the generality of the physics of this type of lasing of molecules in the strong field inside the filament. This includes lasing by hydrocarbon molecules, water molecules, etc. all through super-excitation. 2.1.9 - Terahertz pulse generation in filaments in air Artificial snow/rain making S. L. Chin and his collaborators in China (The Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics) have been working together successfully since three years ago on a new research theme; i.e. filament induced precipitation or rain fall. They discovered recently snow/rain fall (precipitation) inside a cloud chamber using filamentation technique. The leaders of this new activity of research were an European group. But the latter could observe only condensation (cloud formation) in a cloud chamber; i.e. no precipitation. The key reasons for the success of S L Chin and his collaborators in China in observing snow/rain fall are due to the high repetition rate of the laser beam that sustains strong turbulence induced by the filament. The turbulence in turn gives rise to precipitation. 2.2 Invitations to present conferences and seminars 5 S.L. Chin was invited to present more than 210 talks in the past 12 years at national and international conferences as well as in various institutions in many countries. These countries include Canada, Germany, USA, France, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy, Greece, Austria, Korea, Japan, Russia, China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Egypt, UK, Singapore. As examples, invited talks were given at CLEO-Pacific-Rim (2001, 2003, 2009), IQEC (2005), ICOMP (2005), International symposium on ultrafast intense laser science (yearly since 2001), Laser physics workshop (yearly since 2000), OSA-Frontier in Optics (2004, 2006), Int’l laser filamentation conference (2006, 2008, 2010, 2012), etc. (For more detail, see appendix 1.) 2.3 Expert referee - - College of evaluation, Canada Research Chairs Program, Canada. Reviewer of grant or contract applications for NSERC, The French Ministère de l´Éducation Nationale, de la Recherche et de la Technologie, The Australian Research Council, US Army Research Office, National Science Foundation, Photonics Research Ontario, Natural Science Foundation of China, etc. External expert referee for the promotion of faculty members from the University of Toronto, University of Rochester (NY), University of New Mexico, Drexel University, Academia Sinica (Taiwan), University of Malaya etc. Referee of papers in the field of strong field physics and femtosecond intense laser pulse propagation submitted to major international journals such as Physical Review Letters, Physical Review A, Science, Optics Letters, Journal of the Optical Society of America-B, European Journal of Physics, Applied Optics, Applied Physics B, Applied Physics Letters, Journal of Physics B:Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Canadian Journal of Physics, etc. External examiner of Ph.D. theses from the University of Rochester, École Polytechnique de Montreal, University of Singapore, Institute of Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, etc. 2.4 National and international collaboration S.L. Chin has had collaboration (with joint publications) with the following researchers. Germany: A. Becker (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex System, Dresden;), R. Sauerbrey, E. Foerster (University of Jena, Jena), H. Walther and H. Schroeder (Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching), F. Faisal (University of Bielefeld, Bielefeld). Russia: V. P. Kandidov and O. Kosareva (Moscow State University); N B Delone (General Physics Institute, Moscow); V P Krainov (Moscow Physical Institute, Moscow). USA: N. Akozbek (Time Domain, Huntsville, Alabama); Andreas Becker (the University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado); T. Seideman (North Western University, Illinois); M. Richardson (University of Central Florida, Orlando). China: Z. Z. Xu, Ruxin Li, Ya Cheng and J. Liu (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Shanghai), Heping Zeng (East China Normal University, Shanghai), Weiwei Liu (Nankai University, Tianjin), Huailiang Xu (Jilin University, Changchun), Fanao Kong (Institute of Chemistry, Beijing). Taiwan: S. H. Lin (Chiao Tung University). Canada: G. Roy, P. Mathieu, J. Dubois, M. Châteauneuf, F. Théberge (DRDC-Valcartier), R. Vallée, T. NguyenDang and D. Boudreau (Physics and Chemistry, Université Laval); A. D. Bandrauk (Université de Sherbrooke); Paul Corkum (NRC, Ottawa); R. McAlpine and K. Evans (Chalk River Nuclear Laboratory, Chalk River, Ontario). In 2005, he led a Canadian team of researchers from Laval U, Sherbrooke U, INRS-EMT, NRC and Alberta U to collaborate with a team of Japanese scientists under a NSERC SRO grant and a Japanese JSPS grant. A bilateral meeting in Japan and mutual visits took place regularly. He is systematic in setting up official collaboration between scientists from the province of Quebec and from China in the field of ultrafast intense laser science. A bilateral meeting took place in Sept. 30 – Oct. 2, 2006 at Laval U. 3. Representation of national organizations Representing the Defence R and D Canada -Valcartier, in the following research collaborations: 6 - with the theory group of US Army Missile Command R/D Center in Huntsville, Albama, USA on the propagation of ultrafast intense laser pulse propagation in air under the defence Program Agreement between Canada and the US (19992004). - As the co-chair, TG(Task group) 31 of the SET (Sensors and Electronics Technology) Panel of NATO. Task: a five nation (Canada, France, Germany, UK, USA) collaboration to study the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in the atmosphere. (2000-2005) 4. Organizing national and international conferences Chairing /co-organizing over 100 national and international conferences in the past 12 years. Examples: - 5. Co-chair, first International symposium on ultrafast intense laser filamentation, Sept. 27 30, 2006, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. Co-chair, International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Sciences 2, 25-29 September, 2003, Quebec City, Canada; Lijiang, China, 2006; Honourary Chair, International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (ISUILS-6), Sept. 23-27, 2007 Pisa, Italy. Co-chair, International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, June, 1993, Quebec City, Canada. Co-chair of the International symposium on chirped pulse amplification, (CPA 25th anniversary, a laser fest in the year of the 50th anniversary of laser), Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, (The other co-chair: JeanClaude Kieffer, INRS-EMT, Varennes, Quebec, Canada) Nov. 17-21, 2010. Co-chair of sub-committee on the program ‘femtosecond laser pulse filamentation’, ICONO/LAT (International Conferences on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics/conference on Laser, Applications and Technology), Kazan, Russia. 23-27 August 2010 Co-chair of sub-committee on the program ‘Symposium on femtosecond laser pulse filamentation’, ICONO/LAT (International Conferences on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics/conference on Laser, Applications and Technology), Moscow, Russia. 2013.06.18-22. (For more detail, see appendix 2.) Major administrative experience and achievements S.L. Chin was the director of the Laboratory for Research in Optics and Lasers (LROL) of Université Laval from October 1981 to August 1987. The LROL was officially recognized as a center of excellence in optics at Université Laval by both the Council of the University and by the Québec Ministry of Education in 1971. When he became director, the LROL was at its lowest point. Funding was uncertain, the number of full time graduate students was down to less than ten and the morale was very low. His challenge was to provide strong leadership so as to correct all these setbacks. By analyzing the situation and LROL’s excellent track record, and by applying qualitatively his theory of encouragement vs productivity, S.L. Chin took different actions that stimulated everyone inside and outside LROL, Université Laval management, the National Research Council of Canada, many local, provincial and federal politicians and business and industrial people. In particular, through his vision that optical science and technology would become very important in the 21st century and through his persistent work, he succeeded in persuading the National Research Council to set up a National Optics Institute in Quebec City with the concerted support of Université Laval, Quebec City’s economic and industrial leaders and the Provincial government. He also constantly encouraged the students at LROL to start their own businesses and invited many high-tech entrepreneurs in optics and laser companies to give talks at LROL telling students about their experience in starting their companies. The following major consequences and events resulted: 1) Signature of an official agreement of scientific exchange between LROL and the National Research Council of Canada (May 1983). LROL won the right to freely use NRC’s optical workshop to fabricate commercially nonavailable optical components from 1983 till 1988, one year after S.L. Chin’s term as the Director of LROL. This was equivalent to an in-kind grant whose value totalled more than $300,000. 2) Creation of the Québec Chapter of the Optical Society of America, the first of its kind outside the U.S. (September 1983). 7 3) Official announcement in 1983 that the National Research Council of Canada and Laval University (via the LROL) will host the 1987 Triannual Congress of the International Commission of Optics (a member society of I.U.P.A.P.) with S.L. Chin as chairman of the organizing committee. 4) In 1984, he was the co-chair of the Québec International Symposium on Optical Engineering organized by SPIE (an International Optical Engineering Society) between 2-6 June 1986. 5) June 1984, official announcement of the creation of a National Institute of Optics of N.R.C. in Québec City. The mission of the Institute is to act as an interface between university research and industries, and to help industries in the domain of optical and laser technology. The whole project was initiated by S.L. Chin who was later appointed to an N.R.C. task force that undertook a cross-Canada consultation and recommended the creation of the Institute. 6) The total LROL budget (grants and contracts both personal and collective) was about $ 1.5 millions a year when S.L. Chin left office in August 1987 compared to $600,000 when he took office in 1981. 7) In September 1985, the LROL was selected, through a rigourous competitive process, by the Québec Government as one of a handful of centers of excellence to develop some specific subjects of national importance under the long term program (10 years) of "l'Action structurante". A five (5) year grant of $ 1.5 million dollars was awarded to LROL to develop optical technology. 8) Creation of two new small optics firms by former students of LROL through collaboration with LROL in 19841985 (Exfo Inc. and Holospectra Inc.). 9) Graduate student enrolment in LROL: 50 (September 1987). (90% of the new applicants for graduate studies in physics starting in the fall of 1986 expressed their desire to work in LROL.) 10) September 1987, LROL is the largest research centre in its field among Canadian universities: 14 professors; 10 post-doctoral research associates; 50 graduate students; 11 supporting staff (technicians and secretaries). 11) In 1984, planning begun for the creation of a Ph.D. degree in Optics and for a program in optical engineering at Université Laval. (These measures were finally aborted unfortunately.) Consequence: (September 1987, end of S.L. Chin’s second and last term as director). At LROL, the morale was high, funding was excellent, student enrolment increased, many pure and applied projects were successful. In the Québec City region, the National Institute of Optics started operation. Government and industrial people in the region enthusiastically promote the development of optical industries. Whenever one talked about optics and laser in Canada, one would certainly think of LROL. LROL was since transformed into COPL (Center for Optics Photonics and Lasers) in 1990 by including the optics and quantum electronics group in the electrical engineering department of Université Laval. Recently, it became a provincial inter-university center. 6. Publications (see full publication list beginning on page 10) The experimental results published by S.L. Chin’s laboratory went into the basis of simulations and theoretical studies in several theory groups in Germany, Russia and the US. Several of these publications are used as experimental examples in courses taught to undergraduate students at Moscow State University and St. Petersburg State University of Information Technologies, Mechanics and Optics, Russia, according to Prof. V P Kandidov of Moscow State University. S.L. Chin has written 3 monographs, the latest one (2010) being the subject of his current field of research, namely intense femtosecond laser science. One of the three monographs is a philosophical novel in Chinese. He is a coeditor of the new series of books published by Springer on the interdisciplinary subject of ultrafast intense laser science in its chemical physics series. He also co-edited two other books in laser physics. All work (except the novel) was funded by the following major sources: CFI, CRC, NSERC, DRDC-Valcartier and CIPI. In most of the work, the idea came from S.L. Chin. He followed closely the progress of each project, carrying out discussions with and giving advice to everyone in his group. Non-student co-authors are mostly theoreticians whose expertise complements that of the professor’s experimental group. Journals were chosen because of their quality and because many of the work in the same field are published in them. 7. Patents 8 S.L. Chin Optical Fan Levelling System, Canadian Patent no 9555393, October (1974). S.L. Chin & K.A. Mace Optical Fan Levelling System, US Patent no 3984154, October (1975). S L Chin, N Naderi and S Lagacé, ‘ Ultrafast intense laser wood processing’, US patent number 5,862,845, Jan. 26 (1999). S. L. Chin, Method for remote sensing molecules in a transparent medium using ultrashort intense laser, United States patent, US 7,184,143 B2, (2007). F. Théberge, S.L. Chin, Method and devices for generating stable and tunable light pulses, US patent, US7,729,044, issued June 1st , 2010. See Leang Chin, Jean-Francois Daigle and Weiwei Liu, Methods for remote sensing of targets in a transparent medium using ultra-short intense lasers, US patent, 7,787,119 B2 (2010). 8. Books Chin S. L., ‘Fundamentals of Laser Optoelectronics’, monograph, World Scientific, Singapore, 1989. D K Evans & S L Chin, eds. 'Multiphoton Processes', World Scientific, 1994. Chin S L, ' This is life' (monograph on philosophy, in Chinese), World Scientific (1990). Chin S.L. and Lambropoulos P., eds., ‘Multiphoton ionization of atoms’, Academic Press, NY, Toronto, 1984. Yamanouchi, K.; Chin, S.L.; Agostini, P.; Ferrante, G. (Eds.), ‘Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I’, Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 84 Volume package: Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I , Hardcover, ISBN: 3-540-34421-7 (2006) Yamanouchi, K.; Chin, S.L.; Agostini, P.; Ferrante, G. (Eds.), ‘Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science II’ Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 85 , Volume package: Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I , Hardcover, ISBN: 3-540-38153-8 (2007) Yamanouchi, K.; Chin, S.L.; Agostini, P.; Ferrante, G. (Eds.) ‘Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III’, Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 85, Volume package: Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I , Approx. 325 p., 170 illus., Hardcover, ISBN: 3-540-38153-8 (2008) Yamanouchi, K.; Becker, A.; Li, R. & Chin, S.L.(Eds.) , ‘Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science IV’, Series: Springer Series in Chemical Physics , Vol. 91, Volume package: Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science I , ISBN: 978-3-54069142-6 (2009) S.L. Chin, ‘Femtosecond Laser Filamentation’, monograph, Springer series on atomic, optical and plasma physics 55, Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com), ISBN 978-1-4419-0687-8. (2010). 9. Special international collaboration 9a. China. I have promoted the development of high laser field physics in China over the past more than 20 years. I am now closely collaborating with many institutions. The most important one is the Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM). I am the honorary professor of that institute. I advise the director of SIOM of S & T matters regularly. 9b. Russia. Since 1985, I visited the Soviet Union as a special guest. Till today, my collaboration with many scientists in Russia was and still is significant. Recently, I was invited to lead their mega-Grant project but I turned it down because of health problem. But I am always keeping in touch with some leading scientists over there. 9 PUBLICATIONS LIST 387. Tie-Jun Wang, Jingjing Ju, Jean-François Daigle, Shuai Yuan, Ruxin Li, and See Leang Chin, Self-seeded forward lasing action from a femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser filament in air, Laser Phys. Lett., to be published (2013) 386. A. Sridharan, T.-J. Wang, A. Grégoire, J. Ju, J. Liu, R. Li,, Z. Xu, D. Boudreau, S. L. Chin, Laser-filament-induced condensation in an inverted cloud chamber, Laser Phys., to be published (2013) 385. Shigeki Owada, Ali Azarm, Sima Hosseini, Atsushi Iwasaki, See Leang Chin, and Kaoru Yamanouchi, Amplified spontaneous C3ᴨu – B3ᴨg state of N2 in femtosecond laser induced filament in air, Chem. Phys. Lett. To be published (2013) 384. S. Yuan, T. J. Wang, Y. Teranishi, A. Sridharan, S. H. Lin, H. P. Zeng and S. L. Chin, Lasing action in water vapor induced by ultrashort laser filamentation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 102 224102 (2013). 383. H. Y. Sun, J. S. Liu, C. Wang, J. J. Ju, Z. X. Wang, W. T. Wang, X. C. Ge, C. Li, S. L. Chin, R. X. Li, and Z. Z. Xu Laser filamentation induced air-flow motion in a diffusion cloud chamber, Opt. Express 21 9255 (2013). 382. A. Azarm, S. M. Sharifi, A. Sridharan, S. Hosseini, Q. Q. Wang, A. M. Popov, O. V. Tikhonova, E. A. Volkova, and S. L. Chin, Population trapping in Xe atoms, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 414 012015 (2013). 381. S. L. Chin, H. L. Xu, Y. Cheng, Z. Z. Xu and K. Yamanouchi, Natural population inversion in a gaseous molecular filament, Chin. Opt. Lett. 11, 013201 (2013). 380. T.-J. Wang, S. Yuan, Y. P. Chin and S. L. Chin, Intense broadband THz generation from femtosecond laser filamentation, Chin. Opt. Lett. 11, 011401 (2013). 379. J. J. Ju, J. S. Liu, C. Wang, H. Y. Sun, W. T. Wang, X. C. Ge, C. Li, S. L. Chin, R. X. Li, and Z. Z. Xu, Effects of initial humidity and temperature on laser-filamentation-induced condensation and snow formation, Appl. Phys. B 110, 375 (2013). 378. D. Kartashov, S. Ališauskas, G. Andiukaitis, A. Pugžlys, M. Shneider, A. Zheltikov, S.L. Chin, and A. Baltuška, Freespace nitrogen gas laser driven by a femtosecond filament, Phys. Rev. A 86, 033831 (2012). 377. H. L. Xu, P. T. Simard, Y. Kamali, J.-F. Daigle, C. Marceau, J. Bernhardt, J. Dubois, M. Châteauneuf, F. Théberge, G. Roy, and S. L. Chin, Filament-induced breakdown remote spectroscopy in a polar environment, Laser Phys. 22, 1767 (2012). 376. J.-F. Daigle, F. Théberge, M. Henriksson, T.-J. Wang, S. Yuan, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, M. Piché, and S. L. Chin, Remote THz generation from two-color filamentation: long distance dependence, 20, 6825 (2012) 375. Bin Zeng, Tie-Jun Wang, Sima Hosseini, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, Weiwei Liu and See Leang Chin, Enhanced remote filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy with spatio-temporally chirped pulses, JOSA-B, 29, 3226 (2012). 374. S. Hosseini, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V.P. Kandidov, A. Azarm, J.-F. Daigle, A.B. Savel’ev, T.-J. Wang, and S.L. Chin, Femtosecond laser filament in different air pressures simulating vertical propagation up to 10 km, Laser Physics Letters, 9, 868, (2012) 373. H. L. Xu, Y. Cheng, Z. Z. Xu, and S. L. Chin Characterization of Femtosecond Laser Filament-Induced Plasma and Its Application to Atmospheric Sensing in "Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (PUILS) VIII," Kaoru Yamanouchi, Mauro Nisoli and Wendell T. Hill, III, editors. Springer 2012. Chapter 7, p.145-160. 372. S. L. Chin, A. Azarm, H. L. Xu, T. J. Wang, M. Sharifi, and A. Talebpour Experiments in Population Trapping in Atoms and Molecules by an Intense Short Laser Pulse in "Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (PUILS) VIII," Kaoru Yamanouchi, Mauro Nisoli and Wendell T. Hill, III, editors. Springer 2012. Chapter 4, p.79-95. 10 371. F. Liang, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, Physical evolution of nanograting inscription on the surface of fused silica, Opt. Mater. Express 2, 900 (2012). 370. F. Liang, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, Pulse fluence dependent nanograting inscription on the surface of fused silica, Appl. Phys. Lett. 100, 251105 (2012). 369. T.-J. Wang, H. L. Xu, J.-F. Daigle, A. Sridharan, S. Yuan, and S. L. Chin, Water vapor concentration measurement in air using filament-induced fluorescence spectroscopy, Opt. Lett. 37, 1706 (2012). 368. H. L. Xu, T. Okino, T. Kudou, K. Yamanouchi, S. Roither, M. Kitzler, A. Baltuska, and S. L. Chin, Effect of Laser Parameters on Ultrafast Hydrogen Migration in Methanol Studied by Coincidence Momentum Imaging , J. Phys. Chem. A 116, 2686 (2012). 367. J. J. Ju, J. S. Liu, C. Wang, H. Y. Sun, W. T. Wang, X. C. Ge, C. Li, S. L. Chin, R. X. Li, and Z. Z. Xu, Laserfilamentation-induced condensation and snow formation in a cloud chamber, Opt. Lett. 37, 1214 (2012). 366. X. D. Sun, S. Q. Xu, J. Y. Zhao, W. W. Liu, Y. Cheng, Z. Z. Xu, S. L. Chin and G. G. Mu, Impressive laser intensity increase at the trailing stage of femtosecond laser filamentation in air, Opt. Express 20, 4790 (2012). 365. S. Q. Xu, X. D. Sun, B. Zeng, W. Chu, J. Y. Zhao, W. W. Liu, Y. Cheng, Z. Z. Xu, and S. L. Chin, Simple method of measuring laser peak intensity inside femtosecond laser filament in air, Opt. Express 20, 299 (2012). 364. F. Liang, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, Mechanism of nanograting formation on the surface of fused silica, Opt. Express 20, 4389 (2012). 363. S. L. Chin, T.-J. Wang, C. Marceau, J. Wu, J. S. Liu, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, Y. P. Chen, J.-F. Daigle, S. Yuan, A. Azarm, W. W. Liu, T. Seideman, H. P. Zeng, M. Richardson, R. Li, and Z. Z. Xu, Advances in Intense Femtosecond Laser Filamentation in Air , Laser Physics 22, 1 (2012). 362. S. Xu, J. Bernhardt, M. Sharifi, W. Liu, and S. L. Chin, Intensity Clamping during Laser Filamentation by TW Level Femtosecond Laser in Air and Argon , Laser Physics 22, 195 (2012). 361. S. Yuan, T.-J. Wang, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V. Makarov, H. P. Zeng and S. L. Chin, Measurement of birefringence inside a filament, Phys. Rev. A 84, 013838 (2011). 360. Y. Liu, Q. Wen, S. Xu, W. Liu and S. L. Chin, Pulse characterization during femtosecond laser filamentation in air by two-photon fiuorescence measurement , Appl. Phys. B 105, 825 (2011). 359. J.-P. Yao, B. Zeng, H.-L. Xu, G.-H. Li, W. Chu, J.-L. Ni, H.-S. Zhang, S. L. Chin, Y. Cheng, and Z.Z. Xu, Highbrightness switchable multiwavelength remote laser in air, Phys. Rev. A 84, 051802 (2011). 358. J.-F. Daigle, T.-J. Wang, S. Hosseini, S. Yuan, G. Roy and S. L. Chin, Dynamic behavior of postfilamentation Raman pulses, Appl. Opt. 50, 6234 (2011). 357. F. Liang, R. Vallée, D. Gingras, and S. L. Chin, Role of ablation and incubation processes on surface nanograting formation, Opt. Mater. Express. 1, 1244, (2011). 356. J.-F. Daigle, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, T.-J. Wang, S. Hosseini, S. Yuan, G. Roy and S. L. Chin, Formation and evolution of intense, post-filamentation, ionization-free low divergence beams, Opt. Comm. 284, 3601 (2011). 355. A. Azarm, D. Song, K. Liu, S. Hosseini, Y. Teranishi, S. H. Lin, A. Xia, F. Kong and S. L. Chin, Neutral dissociation of hydrogen molecules in a strong laser field through superexcited states, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 44, 085601 (2011). 354. H. L. Xu, A. Azarm, and S. L. Chin, Controlling fluorescence from N2 inside femtosecond laser filaments in air by two-color laser pulses, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 141111 (2011). 11 353. T.-J Wang, J.-F Daigle, S. Yuan, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, G. Roy, H. Zeng and S. L. Chin, Remote generation of high-energy terahertz pulses from two-color femtosecond laser filamentation in air, Phys. Rev. A 83, 053801 (2011). 352. V. P. Kandidov, V. Yu. Fedorov, O. V. Tverskoy, O. G. Kosareva, and S. L. Chin, Intensity clamping in the filament of femtosecond laser radiation, Quantum Electron. 41, 382 (2011). 351. O. Kosareva, J.-F Daigle, N. Panov, T.-J Wang, S. Hosseini, S. Yuan, G. Roy, V. Makarov, and S. L. Chin, Arrest of self-focusing collapse in femtosecond air filaments: higher order Kerr or plasma defocusing?, Opt. Lett. 36, 1035 (2011). 350. T.-J. Wang, S. Yuan, Z.-D. Sun, C. Marceau, Y. Chen, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, Molecular alignment control of terahertz emission from a two-color filament in air, Laser Phys. Lett. 8, 295 (2011). 349. S. L. Chin, Femtosecond Nonlinear Optics , in 'Lectures on Ultra Intense Laser Science 1' K. Yamonouchi, editor, Springer (2011). Chapter 9, P241-275. ISBN: 978-3-540-95943-4. 348. H.-L. Xu, and S. L. Chin, Femtosecond laser filamentation for atmospheric sensing, Sensors 11, 32 (2011). 347. T.-J. Wang, C. Marceau, S. Yuan, Y. Chen, Q. Wang, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, External focusing effect on terahertz emission from a two-color femtosecond laser-induced ?lament in air, Laser Phys. Lett. 8, 57 (2011). 346. O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V. Makarov, I. Perezhogin, C. Marceau, Y.-P Chen, S. Yuan, T.-J. Wang, H. P. Zeng, A. Savel'ev and S. L. Chin, Polarization rotation due to femtosecond filamentation in an atomic gas, Opt. Lett. 35, 2904 (2010). 345. A. Azarm, S. Ramakrishna, A. Talebpour, S. Hosseini, Y. Teranishi, H. L. Xu, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, S. H. Lin, T. Seideman, and S. L. Chin, Population trapping and rotational revival of N2 molecules during filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in air, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 235602 (2010). 344. J. Liu, J. Dai, S. L. Chin, and X.-C. Zhang, Broadband terahertz wave remote sensing using coherent manipulation of fluorescence from asymmetrically ionized gases, Nat. Photon. 4, 627 (2010). 343. T.-J Wang, S. Yuan, Y. Chen, J.-F Daigle, C. Marceau, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, Toward remote high energy terahertz generation, Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 111108 (2010). 342. S. M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour , Jian Yang and S. L. Chin, Contributions of quasi-static tunneling and multiphoton processes in the ionization of Ar and Xe interacting with Ti:Sapphire laser pulses, J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys. 43, 155601 (2010). 341. H. Xu, C. Marceau, K. Nakai, T. Okino, S.L. Chin, and K. Yamanouchi, Communication: Two stages of ultrafast hydrogen migration in methanol driven by intense laser fields, J. Chem. Phys. 133, 071103 (2010). 340. S.L. Chin, J-F Daigle, W. Liu, Method for remote sensing of targets in a transparent medium using ultra-short intense lasers, United States Patent US 7,787,119 B2, (2010). 339. K. Liu, D. Song, A. Azarm, S.L. Chin, and F. Kong, Neutral dissociation of superexcited nitric oxide induced by intense laser fields, Chin. J. Chem. Phys. 23, 252 (2010). 338. J.-F. Daigle, A. Jaron-Becker, S. Hosseini, T.-J. Wang, Y. Kamali, G. Roy, A. Becker, and S.L. Chin, Intensity clamping measurement of laser filaments in air at 400 and 800 nm, Phys. Rev. A 82, 023405 (2010). 337. F. Théberge, S.L. Chin, Method and devices for generating stable and tunable light pulses, United States Patent US 7,729,044 B2, (2010). 12 336. T.-J. Wang, J.-F. Daigle, Y. Chen, C. Marceau, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S.L. Chin, High energy THz generation from meter-long two-color filaments in air, Laser Physics Letters, 7, 517 (2010). 335. Tie-Jun Wang, Claude Marceau, Yanping Chen, Shuai Yuan, Francis Théberge, Marc Châteauneuf, Jacques Dubois, and See Leang Chin, THz emission from a dc-biased two-color femtosecond laser-induced filament in air, Applied Physics Letters, 96, 211113 (2010). 334. D. Song, A. Azarm, Y. Kamali, K. Liu, A. Xia, Y. Teranishi, S. Lin, F. Kong and S.L. Chin, Neutral Dissociation of Superexcited Oxygen Molecules in Intense Laser Fields, J. Phys. Chem. A, 114, 3087, (2010). 333. C. Marceau, S. Ramakrishna, S. Génier, T. Wang, Y. Chen, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, T. Seideman and S. L. Chin, Femtosecond filament induced birefringence in argon and in air: Ultrafast refractive index change, Opt. Comm. 283, 2732, (2010). 332. F. Liang, Q. Sun, D. Gingras, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, The transition from smooth modification to nanograting in fused silica, Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 101903, (2010). 331. F. Liang, Q. Sun, R. Vallée, and S. L. Chin, Multiple refocusing characterization and critical power measurement using third harmonic generation at interface, Appl. Phys. B 99, 235, (2010). 330. Z. G. Ji, J. S. Liu, Z. X. Wang, J. Ju, X. M. Lu, Y. H. Jiang, Y. X. Leng, X. Y. Liang, W. Liu, S. L. Chin, R. X. Li, and Z. Z. Xu, Femtosecond Laser Filamentation with a 4 J/60 fs Ti:Sapphire Laser Beam: Multiple Filaments and Intensity Clamping, Laser Physics 20, 886, (2010). 329. Daria Uryupina, Maria Kurilova, Anna Mazhorova, Nikolay Panov, Roman Volkov, Stepan Gorgutsa, Olga Kosareva, Andrei Savel'ev and See Leang Chin, Few-cycle optical pulse production from collimated femtosecond laser beam filamentation, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B 27, 667, (2010). 328. Jean-Philippe Bérubé, Réal Vallée, Martin Bernier, Olga Kosareva, Nikolay Panov, Valery Kandidov, and See Leang Chin, Self and forced periodic arrangement of multiple filaments in glass, Opt. Express 18, 1801, (2010). 327. S.L. Chin Femtosecond Laser Filamentation, (2010), book, Springer series on atomic, optical and plasma physics 55, Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com), LLC 2010. ISBN 978-1-4419-0687-8. 326.S. M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour, and S. L. Chin, Double Ionization of Unsaturated Hydrocarbons Interacting with HighPower Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Journal of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, vol. 2009, Article ID 573020, 6 pages, 2009. doi:10.1155/2009/573020. 325. Y. Fu, H. Xiong, H. Xu, J. Yao, B. Zeng, W. Chu, Y. Cheng, Z.Z. Xu, W. Liu and S.L. Chin, Generation of extended filaments of femtosecond pulses in air by use of a single-step phase plate, Opt. Lett., 34, 3752, (2009). 324. S.Q. Xu, Y. Zhang, W. Liu and S.L. Chin, Experimental confirmation of high-stability of fluorescence in a femtosecond laser filament in air, Opt. Commum., 282, 4800, (2009). 323. J.-F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, M. Châteauneuf, G. Tremblay, F. Théberge, J. Dubois, G. Roy, and S.L. Chin, Remote sensing with intense filaments enhanced by adaptive optics, Appl. Phys. B., 97, 701, (2009). 322. T.J. Wang, Y. Chen, C. Marceau, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois and S.L. Chin, High energy terahertz emission from two-color laser-induced filamentation in air with pump pulse duration control , Appl. Phys. Lett.95, 131108 (2009). 321. Y. Chen, T.J. Wang, C. Marceau, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, O.G. Kosareva and S.L. Chin, Characterization of terahertz emission from a dc-biased filament in air, Appl. Phys. Lett.95, 101101 (2009). 13 320. Y. Chen, C. Marceau, S. Génier, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois and S.L. Chin, Elliptically polarized Terahertz emission through four-wave mixing in a two-color filament in air, Opt. Comm.282, 4283 (2009). 319. Y.Z. Zhang, Y. Chen, S.Q. Xu, H. Lian, W. Liu, S.L. Chin and G. Mu, Portraying polarization state of terahertz pulse generated by a two-color laser field in air, Opt. Lett.34, 2841 (2009). 318. O.G. Kosareva, W. Liu, N.A. Panov, J. Bernhardt, Z. Ji, M. Sharifi, R. Li, Z. Xu, J. Liu, Z. Wang, J. Ju, X. Lu, Y. Jiang, Y. Leng, X. Liang, V.P. Kandidov, and S.L. Chin, Can We Reach Very High Intensity in Air with Femtosecond PW Laser Pulses?, Laser Phys.19, 1776 (2009). 317. S.L. Chin, For you, Nikolai Borisovich Delone, Laser Phys.19, 1485 (2009). 316. S.L. Chin and F.A. Ilkov, Our Personal and Scientific Encounter and Collaboration with Delone (or a Story of the Development of Multiphoton and Tunnel Ionization), Laser Phys.19, 1494 (2009). 315. H.L. Xu, A. Azarm, J. Bernhardt, Y. Kamali, and S.L. Chin, The mechanism of nitrogen fluorescence inside a femtosecond laser filament in air, Chem. Phys.360, 171 (2009). 314. S.L. Chin, H.L. Xu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, W. Liu, J.F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, P.T. Simard, J. Bernhardt, S.A. Hosseini, M. Sharifi, G. Méjean, A. Azarm, C. Marceau, O. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, G. Roy, P. Mathieu, J.R. Simard, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, Filamentation "remote" sensing of chemical and biological agents/pollutants using only one femtosecond laser source, Appl. Phys. B, 95, 1 (2009). 313. C. Marceau, Y. Chen, F. Théberge, M.Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, Ultrafast birefringence induced by a femtosecond laser filament in gases, Opt. Lett., 34, 1417 (2009). 312. Y. Kamali, J.-F. Daigle, F. Théberge, M.Châteauneuf, A. Azarm, Y. Chen, C. Marceau, S.C. Lessard, F. Lessard, G. Roy, J. Dubois, and S.L. Chin, Remote sensing of trace methane using mobile femtosecond laser system of T&T Lab, Opt. Comm., 282, 2062, (2009). 311. V.P. Kandidov, A.E. Dormidonov, O.G. Kosareva, S.L. Chin, and W. Liu, Self-focusing and filamentation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses, in 'Self-focusing: Past and Present' R. W. Boyd, S. G. Lukishova and Y. R. Shen, editors, Springer (2009). Chapter 15, p. 371-398. 310. S.L. Chin, W. Liu, O.G. Kosareva, and V.P. Kandidov, The physics of intense femtosecond laser filamentation, in 'Self-focusing: Past and Present' R. W. Boyd, S. G. Lukishova and Y. R. Shen, editors, Springer (2009). Chapter 14, p. 349370. 309. Y. Kamali, Q. Sun, J.-F. Daigle, A. Azarm, J. Bernhardt, and S.L. Chin, Lens tilting effect on filamentation and filament-induced fluorescence, Opt. Comm., 282, 950, (2009). 308. J.-F. Daigle, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, M. Bégin, F. Lessard, C. Marceau, Y. Kamali, G. Roy, V.P. Kandidov, and S.L. Chin, A simple method to significantly increase filaments' length and ionization density, Appl. Phys. B., 94, 249, (2009). 307. A. Azarm, H.L. Xu, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, D. Song, A. Xia, Y. Teranishi, S.H. Lin, F. Kong, and S.L. Chin, Direct observation of super-excited states in methane created by a femtosecond intense laser field, J. Phys. B, 41, 225601, (2008). 306. Han Xu, Hui Xiong, Yuxi Fu, Jinping Yao, Zenghui Zhou, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, and See Leang Chin, Formation of X-waves at fundamental and harmonics by infrared femtosecond pulse filamentation in air, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 241104, (2008). 305. Yanping Chen, Claude Marceau, WeiWei Liu, Zhen-Dong Sun, Yizhu Zhang, Francis Théberge, Marc Châteauneuf, Jacques Dubois, and See Leang Chin, Elliptically polarized terahertz emission in the forward direction of a femtosecond laser filament in air, Appl. Phys. Lett., 93, 231116, (2008). 14 304. J.-F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, G. Roy, and S.L. Chin, Remote filament-induced fluorescence spectroscopy from thin clouds of smoke, Appl. Phys. B, 93, 759, (2008). 303. Yanping Chen, Claude Marceau, Francis Théberge, Marc Châteauneuf, Jacques Dubois, and See Leang Chin, Polarization separator created by a filament in air, Optics Letters, 33, 2731, (2008). 302. Quan Sun, Feng Liang, Réal Vallée and See Leang Chin, Nanograting formation on the surface of silica glass by scanning focused femtosecond laser pulses, Optics Letters, 33, 2713, (2008). 301. Y. Zhang, Y. Chen, C. Marceau, W. Liu, Z.-D. Sun, S. Xu, F. Théberge, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, and S. L. Chin, Non-radially polarized THz pulse emitted from femtosecond laser filament in air, Optics Express, 16, 15483, (2008). 300. S.L. Chin, Y. Chen, O. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, and F. Théberge, What is a Filament?, Laser Physics, 18, 962, (2008). 299. S.M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour, and S.L. Chin, Ultra-fast laser pulses provide an ion source for highly selective mass spectroscopy, Appl. Phys. B, 91, 579, (2008). 298. Y. Chen, F. Théberge, C. Marceau, H. Xu, N. Aközbek, O. Kosareva and S.L. Chin, Observation of filamentationinduced continuous self-frequency down shift in air , Appl. Phys. B, 91, 219, (2008). 297. J.-F. Daigle, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, W. Liu, C. Marceau, A. Azarm and S.L. Chin, Generation of powerful filaments at a long distance using adaptive optics, Opt. Comm., 280, 3327, (2008). 296. J. Bernhardt, W. Liu, S.L. Chin and R. Sauerbrey, Pressure independence of intensity clamping during filamentation: theory and experiment, Appl. Phys. B, 91, 45, (2008). 295. J. Bernhardt, P.T. Simard, W. Liu, H.L. Xu, F. Théberge, A. Azarm, J.F. Daigle, S.L. Chin, Critical power for selffocussing of a femtosecond laser pulse in helium, Optics Communications, 280, 2248, (2008). 294. S.L. Chin, W. Liu, F. Théberge, Q. Luo, S.A Hosseini, V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, N. Akozbek, A. Becker, H. Schroeder, Some Fundamental Concepts of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation, in 'Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III', Springer series in chemical physics, K. Yamanouchi, S. L. Chin, P. Agostini and G. Ferrante (eds), vol. 3, Chapter 12, p.243 (2008). 293. F. Kong and S. L. Chin, Non-Coulomb Explosions of Molecules in Intense Laser Fields, in ‘Progress in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science III’, Springer series in chemical physics, K. Yamanouchi, S. L. Chin, P. Agostini and G. Ferrante (eds), vol. 3, Chapter 6, p.113 (2008). 292. O.G. Kosareva, N.A. Panov, D.S. Uryupina, M.V. Kurilova, A.B. Savel 'Ev, R.V. Volkov, V.P. Kandidov, S.L. Chin, Optimization of a femtosecond pulse self-compression region along a filament in air, Applied Physics B, 8, 2959, (2008) 291. Q. Sun, A. Salimina, F. Théberge, R. Vallée, S.L. Chin, Microchannel fabrication in silica glass by femtosecond laser pulses with different central wavelengths, J. Micromech. Microeng., 18, 035039, (2008) 290. Han Xu, Hui Xiong, Ruxin Li, Ya Cheng, Zhizhan Xu, S.L. Chin, X-shaped third harmonic generated by ultrashort infrared pulse filamentation in air, Applied Physics Letter, 92 , 011111, (2008) 289. J. Bernhardt, W. Liu, F. Théberge, H.L. Xu, J.F. Daigle, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois, S.L. Chin, Spectroscopic analysis of femtosecond laser plasma filament in air, Optics Communications, 280, 1268, (2008) 288. Y. Chen, F. Théberge, O. Kosareva, N. Panov, V.P. Kandidov, S.L. Chin, Evolution and termination of a femtosecond laser filament in air , Optics Letters, 32, 3477, (2007) 15 287. O.G. Kosareva, I.N. Murtazin, N.A. Panov, A.B. Savel’ev, V.P. Kandidov, S.L. Chin, Pulse shortening due to filamentation in transparent medium , Laser Physics Letter, 4, 126, (2007) 286. S.L. Chin, F. Théberge, H. Xu, W. Liu, J.-F. Daigle, Q. Luo, S.M. Sharifi, Y. Chen, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, C. Marceau, P. Tremblay-Simard, Y. Kamali, A. Azarm, J. Bernhardt, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, J.-R Simard, Filamentation nonlinear optics: a new frontier, Proc. SPIE, 6733, 67332B-1, (2007) 285. M. Sharifi, A. Talebpour, and S.L. Chin, Double ionization of benzene interacting with strong Ti:sapphire laser pulses, Journal of Physics B, 40, F259-F263, (2007) 284. M. Sharifi, F. Kong, S. L. Chin, H. Mineo, Y. Dyakov, A. M. Mebel, S. D. Chao, M. Hayashi, and S. H. Lin, Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of High-Power Laser Ionization and Dissociation of Methane, Journal os Physical Chemistry A, 111, 9405, (2007) 283. W. Liu, J. Bernhardt, F. Théberge, M. Ch?teauneuf, J. Dubois, S.L. Chin, Spectroscopic characterization of femtosecond laser filament in argon gas, Journal of Applied physics, 102, 033111, (2007) 282. W. Liu, S.L. Chin, Abnormal wavelength dependence of the self-cleaning phenomenon during femtosecond-laser-pulse filamentation, Physical Review A, 76, 013826, (2007) 281. J.-F. Daigle, G. Méjean, W. Liu, F. Théberge, H.L. Xu, Y. Kamali, J. Bernhardt, A. Azarm, Q. Sun, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, J.-R. Simard, S.L. Chin, Long range trace detection in aqueous aerosol using remote filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Applied Physics B, 87, 749, (2007) 280. J.-F. Daigle, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, J.-R. Simard, S.L. Chin, Multi-constituents detection in contaminated aerosol clouds using remote-filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy, Optics Communications, 277, 147, (2007) 279. F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, W. Liu, J. Filion, S.L. Chin, Conical emission and induced frequency shift of third-harmonic generation during ultrashort laser filamentation in air, Optics Communications, 275, 298, (2007) 278. S. L. Chin, Method for remote sensing molecules in a transparent medium using ultrashort intense laser, United States patent, US 7,184,143 B2, (2007) 277. M. Bernier, D. Faucher, R. Vallée, A. Saliminia, G. Androz, Y. Sheng, and S. L. Chin, Bragg gratings photoinduced in ZBLAN fibers by femtosecond pulses at 800 nm, Optics Letters, 32, 5, 454 (2007) 276. F. Théberge, J. Filion, N. Aközbek, Y. Chen, A. Becker, S.L. Chin, Self-stabilization of third-harmonic pulse during two-color filamentation in gases, Applied Physics B, 87, 207 (2007) 275. H.L. Xu, G. Méjean, W. Liu, Y. Kamali, J.-F. Daigle, A. Azarm, P.T. Simard, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, J.-R. Simard, S.L. Chin, Remote sensing of similar biological materials using femtosecond filament-induced breakdown spectrocospy, Applied Physics B, 87, 151 (2007) 274. H.L. Xu, Y. Kamali, C. Marceau, P.T. Simard, W. Liu, J. Bernhardt, G. Méjean, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, J.-R. Simard, S.L. Chin, Simultaneous detection and identification of multigas pollutants using filament-nduced nonlinear spectroscopy, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS, 90, 101106 (2007) 273. W. Liu, H.L. Xu, G. Méjean, Y. Kamali, J.-F. Daigle, A. Azarm, P.T. Simard, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, S.L. Chin, Efficient non-gated remote filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy of metallic sample, Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 62, 76-81 (2007) 272.S.L. Chin, F. Théberge, W. Liu, Filamentation nonlinear optics, Applied Physics B, 86, 477-483 (2007) 271. H.L. Xu, J. Bernhardt, P. Mathieu, G. Roy, S.L. Chin, Understanding the advantage of remote femtosecond laserinduced spectroscopy of metallic targets, Journal of Applied Physics, 101, 033124 (2007) 16 270. H. Schroeder, S.A. Hosseini, Q. Luo and S.L. Chin, Self-steepening is an abrupt process, Optics Communications, 265, 1, 302-306 (2006) 269. Fanao Kong, Qi Luo, Huailiang Xu, Mehdi Sharifi, Di Song and See Leang Chin, Explosive photodissociation of methane induced by ultrafast intense laser, Journal of Chemical Physics, 125, 133320 (2006) 268. O.G. Kosareva, T. Nguyen, N.A. Panov, W. Liu, A. Saliminia, V.P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, R. Vallée and S.L. Chin, Array of femtosecond plasma channels in fused silica, Optics Communications, 266, 2, 511-523 (2006) 267. F. Théberge, S.M. Sharifi, S.L. Chin, H. Schröder, Simple 3-D characterization of ultrashort laser pulses, Optics Express, 14, 21, 10125-10131 (2006) 266. Francis Théberge, Weiwei Liu, Patrick Tr. Simard, Andreas Becker, See Leang Chin, Plasma density inside a femtosecond laser filament in air: Strong dependence on external focusing, Physical Review E, 74, 036406 (2006) 265. W. Liu, F. Theberge, J.-F. Daigle, P.T. Simard, S.M. Sarifi, Y. Kamali, H.L. Xu, S.L. Chin, An efficient control of ultrashort laser filament location in air for the purpose of remote sensing, Applied Physics B, 85, 55 (2006) 264. S.L. Chin, Some Fundamental Concepts of Femtosecond Laser Filamentation, Journal of the Korean Physical Society, 49, 281-285 (2006) 263. Francis Théberge, Neset Aközbek, Weiwei Liu, Andreas Becker, and See Leang Chin, Tunable Ultrashort Laser Pulses Generated through Filamentation in Gases, Physical Review Letters, 97, 023904 (2006) 262. N.T. Nguyen, A. Saliminia, S.L. Chin, R. Vallée, Control of femtosecond laser written waveguides in silica glass, Applied Physics B, 85, 145 (2006) 261. A. Saliminia, N.T. Nguyen, S.L. Chin, R. Vallée, Densification of silica glass induced by 0.8 and 1.5 um intense femtosecond laser pulses, J. Appl. Phys., 99, 093104 (2006) 260. H.L. Xu, W. Liu, S. L. Chin, Remote time-resolved filament-induced breakdown spectroscopy of biological materials, Optics Letters, 31, 1540-1542 (2006) 259. O.G. Kosareva, N.A. Panov, N. Akozbek, V.P. Kandidov, Q. Luo, S.A. Hosseini, W. Liu, J.-F. Gravel, G. Roy, S.L. Chin, Controlling a bunch of multiple filaments by means of a beam diameter, Applied Physics B, 82, 111-122 (2006) 258. J. Liu, H. Schroeder, S. Chin, R. Li, and Z. Xu, Nonlinear propagation of fs laser pulses in liquids and evolution of supercontinuum generation, Optics Express, 13, 10248-10259 (2006) 257. Y. P. Deng, J. B. Zhu, Z. G. Ji, J. S. Liu, B. Shuai, R. X. Li, and Z. Z. Xu Transverse evolution of a plasma channel in air induced by a femtosecond laser, Opt. Lett,31, 546 (2006) 256. H.L. Xu, J.F. Daigle, Q. Luo, S.L. Chin, Femtosecond laser-induced nonlinear spectroscopy for remote sensing of methane, Applied Physics B, 82, 655 (2006) 255. W. Liu, Q. Luo, F. Theberge, H.L. Xu, S.A. Hosseini, S.M. Sarifi, S.L. Chin, The influence of divergence on the filament length during the propagation of intense ultra-short laser pulses, Applied Physics B, 82, 373 (2006) 254. Q. Luo, H.L. Xu, S.A. Hosseini, J.-F. Daigle, F. Theberge, M. Sharifi, S.L. Chin, Remote sensing of pollutants using femtosecond laser pulse fluorescence spectroscopy, Applied Physics B, 82, 105-109 (2006) 253. S.L. Chin, W. Liu, S.A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov and O.G. Kosareva Intense femtosecond laser filamentation: physics and application, Jurnal Fizik Malaysia, 26, 125-134 (2005) 17 252. F. Théberge, Q. Luo, W. Liu, S.A. Hosseini, M. Sharifi, S.L. Chin, Long-rang third-harmonic generation in air using ultrashort intense laser pulses, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 081108 (2005) 251. Jiansheng Liu, Zuoliang Duan, Zhinan Zeng, Xinhua Xie, Yunpei Deng, Ruxin Li, Zhizhan Xu and See Leang Chin, Time-resolved investigation of low-density plasma channels produced by a kilohertz femtosecond laser in air, Physical Review E, 72, 026412 (2005) 250. Jiansheng Liu, Hartmut Schroeder, See Leang Chin, Ruxin Li and Zhizhan Xu, Ultrafast control of multiple filamentation by ultrafast laser pulses, Applied Physics Letters, 87, 161105 (2005) 249. Jiansheng Liu, Hartmut Schroeder, S. L. Chin, Ruxin Li, Wei Yu, and Zhizhan Xu, Space-frequency coupling, conical waves, and small-scale filamentation in water, Physical Review A, 72, 053817 (2005) 248. C. THIBAUD, V. KOUBASSOV, P. DE KONINCK, S. L. CHIN and Y. DE KONINCK, Destruction of polymer growth substrates for cell cultures in two-photon microscopy, Journal of Microscopy, 219, 120-127 (2005) 247. S.L. Chin, Catching Ions Using the First CPA Laser with Joe Beside You, Laser Physics, 15, 1410 (2005) 246. W. Liu, F. Théberge, E. Arévalo, J.-F. Gravel, A. Becker, S. L. Chin, Experiment and simulations on the energy reservoir effect in femtosecond light filaments, Optics Letters, 30, 2602-2604 (2005) 245. S.L. Chin, S.A. Hosseini, W. Liu, Q. Luo, F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, and H. Schroeder, The propagation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: physics, applications, and new challenges, Canadian Journal of Physics, 83, 863-905 (2005) 244. W. Liu and S. L. Chin, Direct measurement of the critical power of femtosecond Ti:sapphire laser pulse in air, Optics Express, 13, 5750 (2005) 243. A. Saliminia, S.L. Chin, R. Vallée, Ultra-broad and coherent white light generation in silica glass by focused femtosecond pulses at 1.5 um, Optics Express, 13, 5731 (2005) 242. A. Saliminia, R. Vallée, S.L. Chin, Waveguide writing in silica glass with femtosecond pulses from an optical parametric amplifier at 1.5 micron, Optics Communications, 256, 422-427 (2005) 241. F. Théberge , W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, S. M. Sharifi and S. L. Chin, Long-range spectrally and spatially resolved radiation from filaments in air, Applied Physics B, 81, 131-134 (2005) 240. W. Liu, J.-F. Gravel, F. Théberge, A. Becker and S. L. Chin, Background reservoir: its crucial role for long-distance propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in air, Applied Physics B, 80, 857-860 (2005) 239. N. Aközbek, A. Becker, and S. L. Chin, Propagation and Filamentation of Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Optical Media, Laser Physics, 15, 607-615 (2005) 238. X. P. Tang, A. Becker, W. Liu, S. M. Sharifi, O. G. Kosareva, V. P. Kandidov, P. Agostini and S. L. Chin, Self-action effects in ionization and fragmentation of toluene by femtosecond laser pulses, Applied Physics B, 80, 547-557 (2005) 237. X. P. Tang, A. Becker, W. Liu, M. Sharifi, O. Kosareva, V. P. Kandidov, P. Agostini and S. L. Chin, Enhanced fragmentation of toluene through linear and nonlinear increase of the focal spot area of an ultrashort laser pulse, Physical Review A, 71, 045401 (2005) 236. V.P. Kandidov, N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, O.G. Kosareva, A.V. Nyakk, Q. Luo, S.A. Hosseini, S.L. Chin, Towards a control of multiple filamentation by spatial regularization of a high-power femtosecond laser pulse, Applied Physics B, 80, 267-275 (2005) 18 235. F. Théberge, N. Aközbek, W. Liu, J.-F. Gravel, S.L. Chin, Third harmonic beam profile generated in atmospheric air using femtosecond laser pulses, Optics Communications, 244, 399-405 (2005) 234. Q. Luo, S.A. Hosseini, W. Liu, J.-F. Gravel, O.G. Kosareva, N.A. Panov, N. Aközbek, V.P. Kandidov, G. Roy and S.L. Chin, Effect of beam diameter on the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses, Applied Physics B, 80, 35-38 (2005) 233. F. Théberge, W. Liu, Q. Luo, S. L. Chin, Ultrabroadband continuum generated in air (down to 230 nm) using ultrashort and intense laser pulses, Applied Physics B, 80, 221 - 225 (2005) 232. Q. Luo, J. Yu, S. A. Hosseini, W. Liu, B. Ferland, G. Roy and S. L. Chin, Long-rang detection and length estimation of light filaments using extra-attenuation of terawatt femtosecond laser pulses propagating in air, Applied Optics, 44, 391-397 (2005) 231. F. Théberge, S.L. Chin, Enhanced ablation of silica by the superposition of femtosecond and nanosecond laser pulses, Applied Physics A, 80, 1505-1510 (2005) 230. A. Saliminia, N.T. Nguyen, S.L. Chin, R. Vallée, The influence of self-focusing and filamentation on refractive index modifications in fused silica using intense femtosecond pulses, Optics Communications, 240, 529-538 (2004) 229. S. L. Chin, The Physics and the Challenge of the Propagation of Powerful Femtosecond Laser Pulses in Optical Media, Physics in Canada, 60, 273-281 (2004) 228. S. L. Chin, From Multiphoton to Tunnel Ionization, in Advances in Multiphoton Processes and Spectroscopy, eds. S. H. Lin, A. A. Villaeys and Y. Fujimura, World Scientific, Singapore, 16, 249 - 272 (2004) 227. S.A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, B. Ferland, W. Liu, S.L. Chin, O.G. Kosareva, N.A. Panov, N. Aközbek, V.P. Kandidov, Competition of multiple filaments during the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses, Physical review A, 70, 033802 (2004) 226. Qi Luo, Abbas Hosseini, Weiwei Liu, and See Leang Chin, Lasing Action in Air Induced by Ultrafast Laser Filamentation, Optics & Photonics News, September, 44-47 (2004) 225. H. Schroeder, J. Liu, and S. L. Chin, From random to controlled small-scale filamentation in water, Optics Express, 12, 4768-4774 (2004) 224. N.T. Nguyen, A. Saliminia, S.L. Chin, and R. Vallée, Control of femtosecond laser written waveguides in silica glass, Proceedings of SPIE, 5578, 665 (2004) 223. V. Koubassov , J.F. Laprise, F. Théberge, E. Förster, R. Sauerbrey, B. M\250\271ller, U. Glatzel and S.L. Chin, Ultrafast laser-induced melting of glass, Applied Physics A, 79, 499-505 (2004) 222. H. Schroeder, S L Chin, Visualisation of the evolution of multiple filaments in methanol, Optics Communications, 233, 399-406 (2004) 221. Q. Luo, S. A. Hosseini , B. Ferland and S. L. Chin, Backward time-resolved spectroscopy from filament induced by ultrafast intense Laser pulses, Optics Communications, 232, 411-416 (2004) 220. J.-F. Gravel, Q. Luo, D. Boudreau, X. P. Tang, and S. L. Chin, Sensing of Halocarbons Using Femtosecond LaserInduced Fluorescence, Analytical Chemistry, 76, 4799-4805 (2004) 219. S.A. Hosseini, J. Yu, Q. Luo and S.L.Chin, Multi-parameter characterization of the longitudinal plasma profile of a filament: a comparative study, Applied Physics B, 79, 519-523 (2004) 19 218. W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, B. Ferland, S. L. Chin, O. G. Kosareva, N. A. Panov and V. P. Kandidov, Experimental observation and simulations of the self-action of white light laser pulse propagating in air, New Journal of Physics, 6, 6 (2004) 217. T. T. Nguyen-Dang, H. Abou-Rachid, N. A. Nguyen, N. Mireault, J. Lévesque, K. Vijayalakshmi and S. L. Chin, Perpendicular dissociation of D2+ in intense Ti:sapphire laser pulses, Physical Review A, 67, 013405 (2003) 216. W. Liu, S.L. Chin, O. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, V.P. Kandidov, Multiple refocusing of a femtosecond laser pulse in a dispersive liquid (methanol), Optics Communications, 224, 193-209 (2003) 215. Q. Luo, W. Liu, and S. L. Chin, Lasing action in air induced by ultrafast laser filamentation, Applied Physics B, 76, 337-340 (2003) 214. Mohammad R. Kasaai, Vijayalakshmi Kacham, Francis Theberge and See Leang Chin, The interaction of femtosecond and nanosecond laser pulses with the surface of glass, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 319, 129-135 (2003) 213. A. Iwasaki, N. Aközbek, B. Ferland, Q. Luo, G. Roy, C.M. Bowden, S.L. Chin, A LIDAR technique to measure the filament length generated by a high-peak power femtosecond laser pulse in air, Applied Physics B, 76, 231-236 (2003) 212. Mohammad R. Kasaai, See L. Chin, Joseph Arul, Kinetic aspects of chitosan fragmentation by femtosecond laser, Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A, 159, 207-211 (2003) 211. W. Liu, O. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov, S.L. Chin, Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation versus optical breakdown in H2O, Applied Physics B, 76, 215-229 (2003) 210. V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, W. Liu, A. Becker, N. Akozbek, C.M. Bowden, S.L. Chin, Selftransformation of a powerful femtosecond laser pulse into a white-light laser pulse in bulk optical media (or supercontinuum generation), Applied Physics B, 77, 149-165 (2003) 209. W. Liu, Q. Luo and S.L. Chin, Competition between multiphoton/tunnel ionization and filamentation induced by powerful femtosecond laser pulses in air, Chinese Optics Letter, 1, 56-59 (2003) 208. S.A. Hosseini, B. Ferland, S.L. Chin, Measurement of filament length generated by an intense femtosecond laser pulse using electromagnetic radiation detection, Applied Physics B, 76, 583-586 (2003) 207. A. Saliminia, N.T. Nguyen, M.-C. Nadeau, S. Petit, S.L. Chin, R. Vallée, Writing optical waveguides in fused silica using 1 kHz femtosecond IR pulses, Journal of Applied Physics, 93, 3724-3728 (2003) 206. N. T. Nguyen, A. Saliminia, W. Liu, S. L. Chin, R. Vallée, Optical breakdown versus filamentation in fused silica by use of femtosecond infrared laser pulses, Optics Letters, 28, 1591-1593 (2003) 205. S.A. Hosseini, Q. Luo, B. Ferland, W. Liu, N. Aközbek, G. Roy and S.L. Chin, Effective length of filaments measurement using backscattered fluorescence from nitrogen molecules, Applied Physics B, 77, 697-702 (2003) 204. N. Aközbek, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S.L. Chin, C.M. Bowden, Continuum generation of the third-harmonic pulse generated by an intense femtosecond IR laser pulse in air, Applied Physics B, 77, 177-183 (2003) 203. N. Aközbek, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, M. Scalora, S. L. Chin, and C. M. Bowden, Third-Harmonic Generation and SelfChanneling in Air Using High-Power Femtosecond Laser Pulses, Physical Review Letters, 89, 143901 (2002) 202. S.L. Chin, A. Talebpour, J. Yang, S. Petit, V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, M.P. Tamarov, Filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in the turbulent air, Applied Physics B, 74, 67-76 (2002) 20 201. S. L. Chin, S. Petit, W. Liu, A. Iwasaki, M. -C. Nadeau, V. P. Kandidov, O. G. Kosareva and K. Yu. Andrianov, Interference of transverse rings in multifilamentation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in air, Optics Communications, 209, 329-341 (2002) 200. D. Vincent, S. Petit and S. L. Chin, Optical limiting studies in a carbon-black suspension for subnanosecond and subpicosecond laser pulses, Applied Optics, 41, 2944-2946 (2002) 199. N. Akozbek, C. M. Bowden and S. L. Chin, Propagation dynamics of ultra-short high power laser pulses in air: supercontinuum generation and transverse ring formation, Journal of Modern Optics, 49, 475-486 (2002) 198. W. Liu, S. Petit, A. Becker, N. Akozbek, C. M. Bowden & S. L. Chin, Intensity clamping of a femtosecond laser pulse in condensed matter, Optics Communications, 201, 189-197 (2002) 197. W. Liu, O. Kosareva, I.S. Golubtsov, A. Iwasaki, A. Becker, V.P. Kandidov, S.L. Chin, Random deflection of the white light beam during self-focusing and filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in water, Applied Physics B, 75, 595599 (2002) 196. F. Théberge, S. Petit, A. Iwasaki, M.R. Kasaai and S. L. Chin, Ultrafast intense laser "explosion" of hardwood, Applied Surface Science, 191, 328-333 (2002) 195. N. Aközbek, C.M. Bowden, and S.L. Chin, Femtosecond Laser Pulse Propagation in Air, Laser Phys., 11, 77 (2001) 194. F. Grasbon, G. G. Paulus, S. L. Chin, H. Walther, J. Muth-Bohm, A. Becker, and F. H. M. Faisal, Signatures of symmetry-induced quantum-interference effects observed in above-threshold-ionization spectra of molecules, Physical Review A, 63, 041402 (2001) 193. N. Akozbek, M. Scalora, C. M. Bowden & S. L. Chin, White light continuum generation and filamentation during the propagation of ultra-short laser pulses in air, Optics Communications, 191, 353-362 (2001) 192. A Becker, N. Akozbek, K. Vijayalakshmi, E. Oral, C.M. Bowden, S.L.Chin, Intensity clamping and re-focusing of intense femtosecond laser pulses in nitrogen molecular gas, Applied Physics B, 73, 287-290 (2001) 191. A. Becker, A.D. Bandrauk, S.L. Chin, S-matrix analysis of non-resonant multiphoton ionisation of inner-valence electrons of the nitrogen molecule, Chemical Physics Letters, 343, 345-350 (2001) 190. J. Muth-Böhm, A. Becker, S.L. Chin, F.H.M. Faisal, S-matrix theory of ionisation of polyatomic molecules in an intense laser pulse, Chemical Physics Letters, 337, 313-318 (2001) 189. S.L. Chin, N. Aközbek, A. Proulx, S. Petit, C.M. Bowden, Transverse ring formation of a focused femtosecond laser pulse propagating in air, Optics Communications, 188, 181-186 (2001) 188. A. Talebpour, M. Abdel-Fattah, A. D. Bandrauk & S. L. Chin, Spectroscopy of the gases interacting with intense femtosecond laser pulses, Laser Physics, 11, 68-76 (2001) 187. S. L. Chin, N. Akozbek, A. Talebpour, A. Proulx, S. Petit and C. M. Bowden, Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in the atmosphere and applications, CLEO-Pacific, , (2001) 186. M. R. Kasaai, S. Lagacé, D. Boudreau, E. Förster, B. Müller, S.L. Chin, Creation of micro-holes on glass surface by femtosecond laser through the ejection of molten material, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 292, 202-209 (2001) 185. N. Aközbek, C.M. Bowden, A. Talebpour & S.L. Chin, Femtosecond pulse propagation in air : Variational Analysis, Physical Review E, 61, 4540-4549 (2000) 184. C.M. Bowden, N. Aközbek & S.L. Chin, Long-range propagation of intense ultra-short laser pulses in air, Us Army Science Conference, Dec, , (2000) 21 183. A Talebpour, A Bandrauk & S. L. Chin, Multiphoton ionization of inner valence electrons and fragmentation of polyatomic molecules in an intense Ti :Sapphire laser pulse, Multiphoton Processes : Icomp Viii, 8th International Conference, American Institute Of Physics, Aip Conference Proceedings 525, Ed. L F Dimauro, R R Freeman, And K C Kulander, , 508-516 (2000) 182. J. Kasparian, R. Sauerbrey, S. L. Chin, The critical laser intensity of self-guided light filaments in air, Applied Physics B, 71, 877-879 (2000) 181. A. Talebpour, A.D. Bandrauk, K. Vijayalakshmi & S.L. Chin, Dissociative ionization of benzene in intense ultra-fast laser pulses, Journal of Physics B, 33, 4615-4626 (2000) 180. A Talebpour, K. Vijayalakshmi, A. D. Bandrauk , T. T. Nguyen-Dang, S.L. Chin, Dissociative ionization of D2 in intense laser fields : D+ ion production perpendicular to the polarization of 400 nm laser field, Physical Review A, 62, 042708 (2000) 179. K. Vijayalakshmi, A. Talebpour, T.T.Nguyen-Dang, J. Yang, A. D. Bandrauk, & S.L. Chin, Dissociative ionization of D2 in a linearly polarized two-color laser field: role of high lying electronic states, Physical Review A, 62, 053408 (2000) 178. A Becker, F H M Faisal, Y Liang, S Augst, Y Beaudoin, M Chaker, S.L. Chin, Laser induced inner shell vacancy in doubly ionized argon, Journal of Physics B, 33, L547-L552 (2000) 177. A Becker, S.L. Chin, F.H.M. Faisal And H. Walther, A comment on non-sequential multiple ionization, Icomp Viii, 8th International Conference, American Institute Of Physics, Aip Conference Proceedings 525, Ed. L F Dimauro, R R Freeman, And K C Kulander, , 173-175 (2000) 176. A Talebpour, A D Bandrauk & S L Chin, Fragmentation of benzene in an intense Ti:Sapphire laser pulse, Laser Physics, 10, 210-215 (2000) 175. S. Petit, A. Talebpour, A. Proulx & S.L. Chin, Some consequences during the propagation of an intense femtosecond laser pulse in transparent optical media: a strongly deformed white-light laser, Laser Physics, 10, 93-100 (2000) 174. A. Proulx, A. Talebpour, S. Petit & S.L. Chin, Fast pulsed electric field created from the self-generated filament of a femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser pulse in air, Optics Communications, 173, 305-309 (2000) 173. S. Petit, A. Talebpour, A. Proulx, J. Yang & S.L. Chin, From an intense femtosecond laser pulse to a strongly deformed white-light laser, Multiphoton Processes : Icomp Viii, 8th International Conference, American Institute Of Physics, Aip Conference Proceedings 525, Ed. L F Dimauro, R R Freeman, And K C Kulander, , 632-642 (2000) 172. A Talebpour, M. Abdel-Fattah, S.L. Chin, Focusing limits of intense ultrafast laser pulses in a high pressure gas: road to new spectroscopic source, Optics Communications, 183, 479-484 (2000) 171. S. Petit, A. Talebpour, A. Proulx & S.L. Chin, Polarization dependence of the propagation of intense laser pulses in air, Optics Communications, 175, 323-327 (2000) 170. S.L. Chin, A. Brodeur, S. Petit, O.G. Kosareva & V.P. Kandidov, Filamentation and supercontinuum generation during the propagation of powerful ultrashort laser pulses in optical media (white light laser), Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 8, 121-146 (1999) 169. V.P. Kandidov, O.G. Kosareva, M.P. Tamarov, A. Brodeur & S.L. Chin, Nucleation and random movement of filaments in the propagation of high-power laser radiation in a turbulent atmosphere, Quantum Electronics, 29, 911-915 (1999) 168. A Talebpour, A D Bandrauk, J Yang & S L Chin, Multiphoton ionization of inner valance electrons and fragmentation of ethylene in an intense Ti:Sapphire laser pulse, Chemical Physics Letters, 313, 789-794 (1999) 22 167. A Talebpour, S. Petit & S.L. Chin, Re-focusing during the propagation of a focused femtosecond Ti:Sapphire laser pulse in air, Optics Communications, 171, 285-290 (1999) 166. N. Naderi, S. Lagacé & S.L. Chin, Preliminary investigations of ultrafast intense laser wood processing, Forest Products Journal, 49, 72-76 (1999) 165. A.Brodeur & S.L. Chin, Ultrafast white-light continuum generation and self-focusing in transparent condensed media, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 16, 637-650 (1999) 164. M.R. Kasaai, J. Arul, S.L. Chin, G. Charlet, The use of intense femtosecond laser pulses for the fragmentation of chitosan, Journal of Photochemistry And Photobiology A, 120, 201-205 (1999) 163. S.L. Chin, K. Miyazaki, A comment on lightning control using a femtosecond laser, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 38, 2011-2012 (1999) 162. A Talebpour, J. Yang & S. L. Chin, Semi-empirical model for the rate of tunnel ionization of N2 and O2 molecule in an intense Ti:Sapphire laser pulse, Optics Communications, 162, 29-32 (1999) 161. S.L. Chin, S. Petit, F. Borne, K. Miyazaki, The white light supercontinuum is indeed an ultrafast white light laser, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys., 38, L126-128 (1999) 160. S.L. Chin, Nader Naderi, Simon Lagace, Use of ultrafast intense laser for processing lignocellulosic material, United States Patent, , 5862845 (1999) 159. A Brodeur And S L Chin, Band-gap dependence of the ultrasfast white-light continuum, Physical Review Letters, 80, 4406-4409 (1998) 158. T D G Walsh, F A Ilkov, S L Chin, F Châteauneuf, T T Nguyen-Dang, S Chelkowski, A D Bandrauk & O Atabek, Laser-induced processes during the coulomb explosion of H2 in a Ti-Sapphire laser pulse, Physical Review A, 58, 39223933 (1998) 157. T D G Walsh, L Strach & S L Chin, Above threshold dissociation in the long-wavelength limit, Journal of Physics B, 31, 4853-4872 (1998) 156. A Talebpour, S Larochelle & S L Chin, Suppressed tunnel ionization of D2 molecule in an intense Ti-Sapphire laser pulse, Journal of Physics B, 31, L49-L58 (1998) 155. A Talebpour, S Larochelle & S L Chin, Multiphoton ionization of unsaturated hydrocarbons, Journal of Physics B, 31, 2769-2776 (1998) 154. S F J Larochelle, A Talebpour & S L Chin, Coulomb effect in multiphoton ionization of rare gas atoms, Journal of Physics B, 31, 1215-1224 (1998) 153. S. Larochelle, A. Talebpourt & S.L.Chin, Non-sequential ionization of rare gas atoms in a Ti:Sapphire laser field, Journal of Physics B, 31, 1201-1214 (1998) 152. A Talebpour, S. Larochelle & S.L.Chin, Nonsequential ionization of atoms and diatomic molecules in intense laser field, Laser Physics, 7, 851-857 (1997) 151. A Brodeur, C Y Chien, F A Ilkov, S L Chin, O G Kosareva & V P Kandidov, Moving focus in the propagation of powerful ultrashort laser pulses in air, Optics Letters, 22, 304- 306 (1997) 150. M V Ammosov, S Lazaresku, S Augst And S L Chin, Polarization effect during strong field ionization of atoms, Laser Physics, 7, 706-708 (1997) 23 149. O.G. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov, A. Brodeur & S.L. Chin, From filamentation in condensed media to filamentation in gases, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 6, 485-494 (1997) 148. A Talebpour, S Larochelle and S L Chin, Non-sequential and sequential double ionization of NO in an intense femtosecond Ti-Sapphire laser pulse, Journal of Physics B, 30, L245- L250 (1997) 147. S L Chin, A Talebpour, T D G Walsh, S Larochelle, F A Ilkov & C Y Chien, The routes towards enhanced ionization, in multiphoton processes, Eds. P Lambropoulos And H Walther, 'Proceedings, Multiphoton processes', IOP Publishing Ltd, London, , 266- 275 (1997) 146. V P Kandidov, O G Kosareva, A Brodeur & S L Chin, State-of-the-art investigations into the filamentation of highpower subpicosecond laser pulses in gases, Atmos. Oceanic Opt., 10, 966- 973 (1997) 145. T Walsh, F A Ilkov & S L Chin, The dynamical behaviour of H2 and D2 in a strong femtosecond, Ti:Sapphire laser field, Journal of Physics B, 30, 2167-2175 (1997) 144. A Talebpour, S Larochelle & S L Chin, Dissociative ionization of NO in an intense laser field : A route towards enhanced ionization, Journal of Physics B, 30, 1927-1938 (1997) 143. Y. Liang, A. Talebpour, C. Y. Chien, S. Augst and S. L. Chin, Comparison of high harmonic conversion efficiency in atomic and diatomic molecular gases, Journal of Physics B, 30, 1369-1376 (1997) 142. O.G. Kosareva, V.P. Kandiddov, A. Brodeur, C.Y. Chien & S.L. Chin, Conical emission from laser-plasma interactions in the filamentation of powerful ultrasort laser pulses in air, Optics Letters, 22, 1332-1334 (1997) 141. A Talebpour, C Y Chien, Y Liang and S L Chin, Non-sequential ionization of Xe and Kr in an intense femtosecond TiSapphire laser pulse, Journal of Physics B, 30, 1721-1730 (1997) 140. A Talebpour,C Y Chien &S L Chin, Population trapping in rare gases, Journal of Physics B, 29, 5725 (1996) 139. A. Brodeur, F. A. Ilkov and S. L. Chin, Beam filamentation and the white light continuum divergence, Optics Communications, 129, 193-198 (1996) 138. S. L. Chin, Some challenges in ultrafast intense laser science, Proc. SPIE, 2889, 483-493 (1996) 137. A Talebpour, C Y Chien & S L Chin, The effect of dissociative recombination in multiphoton ionization of O2, Journal of Physics B, 29, L677-L680 (1996) 136. S. L. Chin, A. Talebpour, Y. Liang, S. Augst and C.-Y. Chien, A new model for non-sequential ionization of xenon atoms, Super-Intense Laser-Atom Physics IV, , 337-342 (1996) 135. A Talebpour, Y Liang and S L Chin, Population trapping in CO molecules, Journal of Physics B, 29, 3435-3442 (1996) 134. R. Beaulieu, R. A. Lessard and S. L. Chin, Polyvinylidene fluoride films as infrared to visible converter material, Journal of Applied Physics, 79, 8038-8041 (1996) 133. V. P. Bykov, A. M. Prokhorov, V. O. Turino and S. L. Chin, Electronic wave packets in vacuum photodetectors and the possibility of observing them, JETP Letters, 63, 429-432 (1996) 132. S.L. Chin & S. Lagacé, Generation of H2, O2 and H2O2 from water using intense femtosecond laser pulses and the possibility of application to sterilization, Applied Optics, 35, 907-911 (1996) 131. S.L. Chin, X. Liang, S. Augst, P.A. Golovinski, Y. Beaudoin & M. Chaker, High harmonics generation in atoms and diatomic molecules using ultrashort laser pulses in the multiphoton regime, Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials, 4, 667-686 (1995) 24 130. Y. Liang, S. Augst, M.V. Ammosov, S. Lazarescu & S.L. Chin, Experimental investigation of the ellipticity dependence of high harmonic generation and ionization in argon in the multiphoton regime, Journal of Physics B, 28, 27572754 (1995) 129. T. D. G. Walsh, F. A. Ilkov and S. L. Chin, Strong field ionization and dissociation of N2, Physics in Canada, Oct-Dec, 260, 269 (1995) 128. S J Augst, A Talebpour, S L Chin, Y Beaudoin & M Chaker, Nonsequential triple ionization of argon atoms in a high intensity laser field, Physical Review A, 52, R917 (1995) 127. S.L. Chin & P.A. Golovinski, High harmonics generation in the multiphoton regime: Correlation with polarizability, Journal of Physics B, 28, 55 (1995) 126. F.A. Ilkov, T.D.G. Walsh & S.L. Chin, Dissociative tunnel ionization of H2 in intense mid-ir laser field, Physical Review A, 51, R2695-R2698 (1995) 125. Y. Liang, S. Augst, Y. Beaudoin, M. Chaker, H. Yu, A.D. Bandrauk & S.L. Chin, Investigation of photon emission spectra of hydrogen using intense sub picosecond Ti-Sapphire/Nd:glass laser pulses, Journal of Physics B, 28, 3661-3674 (1995) 124. F.A. Ilkov, S. Turgeon, T.D.G. Walsh & S.L. Chin, Behaviours of D2 in an intense CO2 laser field, Chemical Physics Letter, 247, 1-6 (1995) 123. S.L. Chin, F.A. Ilkov, T.D.G. Walsh, F. Châteauneuf & T. Nguyen-Dang, Tunnel ionization of atoms and molecules in an intense CO2 laser field, Proc. SPIE, 2321, 254 (1994) 122. T.D.G. Walsh, F.A. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Tunnel ionization of atoms, diatomic and triatomic molecules using intense 10.6 µm radiation, Journal of Physics B, 27, 3767-3779 (1994) 121. V. François, F.A. Ilkov, X. Guan & S.L. Chin, Operational stabilization of a high-power ultrashort dye oscillator -amplifiers laser chain, Applied Optics, 33, 5522-5525 (1994) 120. Y. Liang, S. Augst & S.L. Chin, High harmonic generation in atomic and diatomic molecular gases using intense Ps laser pulses : A comparison, Journal of Physics B, 27, 5119-5130 (1994) 119. F.A. Ilkov, S.L. Chin, T.D.G. Walsh, J.E. Decker & Y. Liang, Experimental study of tunnel ionization of atoms and simple molecules by an intense CO2 laser, In Multiphoton Processes, Proc. 6th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, June 25-30, 1993, Quebec City, Canada. D.K. Evans & S.L. Chin, Eds, P. 435, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, New Jersey, London (1994) 118. F. A. Ilkov, v. François and S. L. Chin, Supercontinuum generation in a CO2 gas in presence of ion, Proc. SPIE, 2041, 127-138 (1994) 117. S. L. Chin, Y. Liang, S. Augst and P. A. Golovinski, High harmonics generation in atoms and molecules using ultrashort laser pulses in the multiphoton regime, Proc. IEEE/LEOS, 7th Annual Meeting (1994) 116. Y. Liang, S. J. Augst and S. L. Chin, Experimental Investigation of High-Harmonic Generation in Ar, N2 and H2 by Picosecond Dye Laser Pulses, Optics and Photonics News, 5, 60 (1994) 115. Y. Liang, M.V. Ammosov & S.L. Chin, High-order harmonic generation in argon by elliptically polarized picosecond dye laser pulses, Journal of Physics B, 27, 1269 (1994) 114. Y. Liang, M.V. Ammosov & S.L. Chin, High-order harmonic generation in argon by elliptically polarized picosecond dye laser pulses, In Multiphoton Processes, Proc. 6th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, June 25-30, 1993, 25 Quebec City, Canada. D.K. Evans & S.L. Chin, Eds, P. 435, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, New Jersey, London, , 275 (1994) 113. T.D.G. Walsh, M.V. Ammosov, F.A. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Artificial double peak formation during high field ionization of ar, In Multiphoton Processes, Proc. 6th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, June 25-30, 1993, Quebec City, Canada. D.K. Evans & S.L. Chin, Eds, P. 435, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, New Jersey, London, , 101 (1994) 112. T.D.G. Walsh, M.V. Ammosov, F.A. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Coulomb expansion of a two-component ion bunch: influence on high field ionization experiments, Journal of Physics B, 27, 1115-1124 (1994) 111. E. Paquet & S.L. Chin, On the influence of the molecular distribution on the covariance maps, Journal of Physics B, 26, 2227 (1993) 110. S.L. Chin, Highlights From the Sixth International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, In Multiphoton Processes, Proc. 6th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, June 25-30, 1993, Quebec City, Canada. D.K. Evans & S.L. Chin, Eds, P. 435, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, New Jersey, London, 1 (1993) 109. T.D.G. Walsh, J.E. Decker & S.L. Chin, Tunnel ionization of simple molecules by an intense CO2 laser, Journal of Physics B, 26, L85-L90 (1993) 108. S.L. Chin & Y. Liang, Multiphoton processes in atoms and molecules, (VI International Conference on Multiphoton Processes (ICOMP VI), Quebec City, June 26-39, 1993), Sov. Phys., Uspekhi 163, 11, P. 89 (In Russian), (1993) 107. F.A. Ilkov, L. Sh. Ilkova & S.L. Chin, Supercontinuum generation versus optical breakdown in CO2 gas, Optics Letters, 18, 681-683 (1993) 106. V. François, F.A. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Experimental study of the supercontinuum spectral width evolution in CO2 gas, Optics Communications, 99, 241-246 (1993) 105. S.L. Chin, J.E. Decker, T.D.G. Walsh, Y. Liang & G. Xu, Tunnel ionization of molecules by an intense CO2 laser, Laser Physics, 3, 298-306 (1993) 104. S.L. Chin, Y. Liang, J.E. Decker, F.A. Ilkov & M.V. Ammosov, Tunnel ionization of diatomic molecules by an intense CO2 laser, Journal of Physics B, 25, L249-L255 (1992) 103. F.A. Ilkov, J.E. Decker & S.L. Chin, Ionization of atoms in the tunnelling regime with experimental evidence using Hg atoms, Journal of Physics B, 25, 4005-4020 (1992) 102. E. Paquet, M. Hou & S.L. Chin, Covariance mapping and statistical correlation applied to tunnel ionization of heavy water molecules, Journal of Physics B, 25, L95-L100 (1992) 101. V. Francois, F. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Supercontinuum generation in CO2 gas limited by optical breakdown, Journal of Physics B, 25, 2709-2724 (1992) 100. Y. Liang, Jennifer M. Watson & S.L. Chin, Second harmonic generation in gases with a high intensity CO2 laser, Digest of Technical Papers, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS), At Anaheim, Ca., May 10-15, 86-87 (1992) 99. S.L. Chin, V. Francois, J.M. Watson & C. Delisle, Spectral modulation of two coherently-separated femtosecond laser pulses, Applied Optics, 31, 3383-3384 (1992) 98. V. François, F.A. Ilkov & S.L. Chin, Breakdown-Limited Superbroadening In CO2 Gas, Digest of Technical Papers, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS), At Anaheim, Ca., May 10-15, 86-87 (1992) 97. S.L. Chin, Intense laser ionization of atoms and molecules, Opto News and Letters (In Chinese) May (1992) 26 96. V.P. Krainov, W. Xiong & S.L. Chin, An introductory overview of tunnel ionization of atoms by intense lasers, Laser Physics, 2, 467-474 (1992) 95. J.E. Decker, G. Xu & S.L. Chin, Intense CO2 laser ionization of D2O and (D2O)2, Journal of Physics B, 25, 3117-3112 (1992) 94. J.E. Decker, W. Xiong, F. Yergeau & S.L. Chin, Spot size measurement of an intense CO2 laser beam, Applied Optics, 31, 1912-1913 (1992) 93. Y. Liang, J.M. Watson & S.L. Chin, Second harmonic generation in gases with a high intensity CO2 laser, Journal of Physics B, 25, 2725-2743 (1992) 92. S.L. Chin, J.E. Decker, F.A. Ilkov & W. Xiong, Tunnel ionization of ground state atoms and molecules by an intense CO2 laser, In ‘Atoms and molecules in strong field of laser radiation’ (Selected Papers of The XIV Int'l Conf. on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics, St.Petersburg, USSR, Sept. 24-27, 1991), P. 21, Bunkin, Tugov Ed. Wiley - Nauka Scientific Publishers, Moscow (1992) 91. J.E. Decker, G. Xu & S.L. Chin, Ionization of heavy water vapour by intense laser pulses at 10.6 and 9.3 µ, Digest of Technical Papers, Quantum Electronics and Laser Science (QELS), At Anaheim, Ca., May 10-15, 86-87 (1992) 90. Y. Beaudoin, I. Golub & S.L. Chin, Measurement of the Nonlinear Refractive Index of SF6 with a Hollow Prism, Applied Physics B, 52, 191-194 (1991) 89. J. Decker, S. Lagacé, J. Bérubé, Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Stable operation of a powerful 3-Hz line tunable TEA CO2 oscillator-amplifiers system, Applied Optics, 30, 1888-1890 (1991) 88. J.E. Decker, G. Xu & S.L. Chin, Tunnel ionization of D2O by an intense CO2 laser pulse, Journal of Physics B, 24, L281-L287 (1991) 87. M.-C. Gagné & S.L. Chin, Energy Relaxation Time in a Gas Mixture Measured by Photothermal Probe Beam Deflection Technique, Applied Physics B, 52, 352-358 (1991) 86. W. Xiong & S.L. Ch, Tunnel ionization of K and Xe atoms by an intense CO2 laser, Laser and Particle Beams, 10, 179187 (1991) 85. S. Augst, D.D. Meyerhofer, D. Strickland & S.L. Chin, Laser ionization of noble gases by coulomb barrier suppression, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 8, 858-867 (1991) 84. E. Paquet & S.L. Chin, Fractal geometry and multiphoton ionization, Journal of Physics B, 24, L579-L582 (1991) 83. J. Decker, G. Xu & S.L. Chin, Intense CO2 Laser Ionization of D2O Vapour, Proc. of the NATO Workshop on Coherence Phenomena in Atoms and Molecules in Laser Fields, May 5-10, 1991, Hamilton (Ontario), Canada. Ed. A. Bandrauk & S. Wallace, Penum press, p. 163 (1991) 82. W. Xiong & S.L. Chin, Tunnel ionization of K and Xe by an intense CO2 laser, Soviet Physics JETP, 99, 481-487 (1991) 81. D.D. Meyerhofer, S. Augst, J. Peatross & S.L. Chin, Barrier suppression ionization of noble gases at laser intensities of one atomic unit and above, Proc. of The 5th International Conference on Multiphoton Processes, Paris (France). Title of Book: Multiphoton Processes, Ed. G. Mainfray & P. Angostini, CEN Saclay, France, 317-323 (Sept. 24-28) (1990) 80. Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Absorption coefficient measurement without interference from the nonlinear index effect, Applied Optics, 29, 4431-4433 (1990) 79. S. Augst, D. Strickland, S.L. Chin, J.H. Eberly & D.D. Meyerhofer, High intensity multiphoton ionization experiments at 1053 nm and 527 nm, Technical Digest, CLEO and QEL'89, Baltimore, USA, (24-28 April) (1989) 27 78. I. Golub, Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Frequency tuning and chirping of a pulse CO2 laser by an intracavity prism, Journal of Modern Optics, 36, 413-416 (1989) 77. J.E. Decker, F. Yergeau, Y. Beaudoin, M.M. Roberge & S.L. Chin, Third harmonic generation of a CO2 laser in gaseous CD4, Technical Digest, CLEO and QELS'89, Baltimore, USA, (24-28 April) (1989) 76. W. Xiong & S.L. Chin, The acceleration of electrons by an intense CO2 laser pulse during tunnel ionization of Xe atoms, Technical Digest, CLEO and QELS'89, Baltimore, USA, (24-28 April) (1989) 75. M.-C. Gagné & S.L. Chin, The photothermoacoustic deflection dynamics of a laser beam: Application to macroscopic V-T relaxation measurements, Proc. of The 6th Int. Topical Meeting on Photoacoustic and Photothermal Phenomena IV, Springer-Verlag (1989) 74. J.E. Decker, F. Yergeau, Y. Beaudoin, M.M. Roberge & S.L. Chin, Enhancement of Two-Photon Resonant Third Harmonic Generation of a CO2 Laser in Gaseous CD4, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 25, 1747-1751 (1989) 73. S.L. Chin, Laser beam transport, Chapter 2 of The book entitled ‘Laser Applications in Physical Chemistry’, D.K. Evans, Ed., Marcel Dekker (1989) 72. S.L. Chin & W. Xiong, Ionization of atoms by an intense CO2 laser, A Chapter in the Book Fundamentals of Laser Interactions, F. Ehlotzky, Editor, Springer-Verlag (1989) 71. S. Augst, D. Strickland, D.D. Meyerhofer, S.L. Chin & J.H. Eberly, Tunnel Ionization of Noble Gases in a HighIntensity Laser Field, Physical Review Letters, 63, 2212-2215 (1989) 70. Y. Beaudoin, P. Galarneau, A. Normandin, Z.A. Niu, F. Yergeau, S.L. Chin, D.K. Evans & R.D. Mcalpine, Multiple photon absorption and self-focusing of a CO2 laser pulse in CDF3, In Multiphoton Processes, P. 215, Proceeding of The 4th ICOMP, JILA, Boulder, Co, USA, July 13-17, 1987, Ed. S.J. Smith & P.L. Knight, Cambridge University Press (1988) 69. S.L. Chin, C. Rolland, P.B. Corkum & P. Kelly, Multiphoton Ionization of Xe and Kr with Intense 0.62-µm Femtosecond Pulses, Physical Review Letters, 61, 153-156 (1988) 68. P. Corkum, C. Rolland & S.L. Chin, Generation of intense 20 Fs pulses and their application in multiphoton ionization, Proc. of ultrafast phenomena VI, Springer-Verlag (1988) 67. I. Golub, Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Self-bending of a spatially asymmetric carbon dioxide laser beam in a nonlinear medium, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 5, 2490-2493 (1988) 66. I. Golub, Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Nonlinear Refraction in CS2 at 10.6 µm, Optics Letters, 13, 488-490 (1988) 65. F. Yergeau, W. Xiong, S.L. Chin & P. Lavigne, Above threshold ionization in Xe with a CO2 laser, Nato Advanced Study Workshop on High Intensity Laser Effects, July, 1987; ‘Atomic and Molecular Processes With Short Intense Laser Pulses’, A.D. Bandrauk, ed., Plenum Publishing Corp. (1988). 64. W. Xiong, F. Yergeau, S.L. Chin & P. Lavigne, Multiphoton ionization of rare gases by a CO2 laser: electron spectroscopy, Journal of Physics B, 21, L159-L164 (1988) 63. F. Yergeau, S.L. Chin & P. Lavigne, Multiple ionisation of rare-gas atoms by an intense CO2 laser (10e14 W.cm-2), Journal of Physics B, 20, 723-729 (1987) 62. Y. Beaudoin, I. Golub & S.L. Chin, Direct measurement of the nonlinear dispersion of SF6 with a TEA-CO2 laser, Optics Communications, 63, 325-328 (1987) 61. S.L. Chin, W. Xiong, P. Lavigne, Creation of multiple charges (up to Xe6+) from Xe atoms by an intense CO2 laser, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 4, 853-855 (1987) 28 60. Y. Beaudoin, P. Galarneau, A. Normandin & S.L. Chin, An Experimental Study of Self-Focusing and Self-Defocusing of a TEA CO2 Laser Pulse in CDF3, Applied Physics B, 42, 225-231 (1987) 59. Y. Beaudoin, I. Golub & S.L. Chin, Direct measurement of the nonlinear refractive index of SF6 around 10 µm, Proc. 14th Congress of The International Commission of Optics , Québec City, Canada (August 24-28)., , 179 (1987) 58. S.L. Chin, K.X. He, W. Xiong & F. Yergeau, Unusual three-Photon ionization of magnesium atom using a XeCl excimer laser, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 4, 1345-1348 (1987) 57. M.-C. Gagné, P. Galarneau & S.L. Chin, Photorefractive deflection technique using parallel and overlapping probe and pump beams, Canadian Journal of Physics, 64, 1116-1120 (1986) 56. F. Yergeau, S.L. Chin & P. Lavigne, Ionization of rare gas atoms by a CO2 laser: extreme order of nonlinearity, Proc. Spie (Québec International Symposium 1986), 664, 35 (1986) 55. S.L. Chin, K.X. He, W. Xiong & F. Yergeau, Unusual` 3-photon ionization of Mg atom using a XeCl excimer laser, Proc. Spie (Québec International Symposium 1986), 664, 118 (1986) 54. P. Galarneau, Y. Beaudoin & S.L. Chin, Self-focusing and self-defocusing of a TEA-CO2 laser pulse in CDF3 vapor, Proc. Spie (Québec International Symposium 1986), 669, 21 (1986) 53. G. Farkas & S.L. Chin, Experiment on the Optical Tunnelling Process of Electrons From a Gold Surface Induced by Mode-Locked CO2 Laser Pulse Trains, Applied Physics B, 37, 141-143 (1985) 52. M.-C. Gagné, P. Galarneau, D.K. Evans & S.L. Chin, Collinear alignment of different laser beams using the photoacoustic deflection technique, Applied Optics, 24, 1724-1726 (1985) 51. P. Galarneau, Z.A. Niu, F. Yergeau, S.L. Chin, D.K. Evans & R.D. Mcalpine, Simultaneous nonlinear absorption and index effects in the propagation of intense tea-CO2 laser pulses through CDF3, Applied Optics, 24, 2804-2808 (1985) 50. K.X. He, F. Yergeau & S.L. Chin, Observation of multiply charged ions of alkaline atoms by multiphoton ionisation, Journal of Physics B, 18, 2615-2618 (1985) 49. S.L. Chin, F. Yergeau & P. Lavigne, Tunnel ionization of Xe in an ultra-intense CO2 laser field (1014 W/cm2) with multiple charge creation, Journal of Physics B, 18, L213-L215 (1985) 48. G. Farkas & S.L. Chin, Experimental Investigation of the Possibilities of the Optical Tunnelling of Electron from a Metal Surface Induced by Strong CO2 Laser Pulses, A Chapter of the book ‘Multiphoton Processes’, P. Lambropoulos and S. J. Smith eds. Springer-Verlag, 191-199 (1984) 47. G. Farkas, S.L. Chin, P. Galarneau & F. Yergeau, First demonstration of ionization of Kr and Xe atoms by intense nanosecond CO2 laser pulses, Coherence and Quantum Optics V, Mandel & Wolf, Ed. Plenum, , 843-846 (1984) 46. S.L. Chin, Introduction, (Chap. I of The Volume Multiphoton Ionization of Atoms), Edited By S.L. Chin & P. Lambropoulos, Academic Press (1984) 45. S.L. Chin, A Mathematical Model of Human Productivity Versus Encouragement, IEEE Trans. on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Smc-14, 302-304 (1984) 44. S.L. Chin, K.X. He & F. Yergeau, First Reproted Observation of Multiply Charged Ions of Alkaline Atoms by Multiphoton Ionization, Journal of Optical Society of America B, 1, 505 (1984) 43. P. Galarneau, S.L. Chin, X.X. Ma, G. Farkas & F. Yergeau, Single pulse detection of self-focusing in a polyatomic molecular gas using the bistability characteristics, Proc. Los Alamos Conference on Optics, SPIE, , 392-395 (1983) 29 42. S.L. Chin, G. Farkas & F. Yergeau, Observation of Kr and Xe ions created by intense nanosecond CO2 laser pulses, Journal of Physics B, 16, L223-L226 (1983) 41. S.L. Chin, D.K. Evans & R.D. Mcalpine, Possible source of anomalous results in IR laser photochemistry, Applied Optics, 22, 963-964 (1983) 40. G. Farkas, S.L. Chin, P. Galarneau & F. Yergeau, A new type of intense CO2 laser induced electron emission from a gold surface, Optics Communications, 48, 275-278 (1983) 39. A. Weingartshofer, J.K. Holmes, J. Sabbagh & S.L. Chin, Electron scattering in intense laser fields, Journal of Physics B, 16, 1805-1817 (1983) 38. X.X. Ma, G.Y. Xu, P. Galarneau & S.L. Chin, Spatial effect in a multiple IR photon decomposition experiment using a Gaussian laser beam, Applied Optics, 22, 2007-2012 (1983) 37. D. Faubert & S.L. Chin, Short laser pulse generation: part two, Optics And Laser Technology, August, 197-206 (1982) 36. S.L. Chin, D.K. Evans, R.D. Mcalpine & W.N. Selander, Single-pulse photoacoustic technique for measuring IR multiphoton absorption by polyatomic molecules, Applied Optics, 21, 65-68 (1982) 35. S.L. Chin, Variable short pulse from a TEA CO2 laser, Optics And Laser Technology, February, 43 (1982) 34. D. Feldmann, J. Krautwald, S.L. Chin, A. Von Hellfed & K.H. Weldge, Multiphoton ionization of strontium creating Sr+ and Sr++, Journal of Physics B, 15, 1663-1670 (1982) 33. D. Faubert & S.L. Chin, Short laser pulse generation: part two, Optics And Laser Technology, October, 245-254 (1982) 32. D. Faubert & S.L. Chin, Experimental study of passive laser pulse compression in a fluorescent dye medium, Canadian Journal of Physics, 60, 261-267 (1982) 31. D. Faubert, P. Galarneau & S.L. Chin, Numerical analysis of ultrashort pulse generation using a Fabry-Pérot interferometer, Journal of Optics, 13, 381-386 (1982) 30. P. Galarneau, G. Bédard & S.L. Chin, Rayonnement panoramique d'un train d'impulsions brèves par un laser à Rhodamine 6G dont le résonateur est fermé en géométrie cylindrique, Canadian Journal of Physics, 59, 1940-1943 (1981) 29. D. Faubert, P. Galarneau & S.L. Chin, An electro-optical technique to vary continuously a laser pulse, Optics And Laser Technology, April, 79-82 (1981) 28. S.L. Chin, D.K. Evans, R.D. Mcalpine & W.N. Selander, Measurement of IR multiphoton absorption by polyatomic molecules using the photoacoustic technique, Technical Digest, Second Int. Meeting on Photoacoustic Spectroscopy, Univ. of California Berkeley (Sponsor: Optical Society of America), , MB3-1-3 (1981) 27. S.L. Chin, D. Feldmann, J. Krautwald, K.H. Welge, Three-photon ionisation spectra of strontium in the excitation range 5560-5640 A, Journal of Physics B, 14, 2353-2359 (1981) 26. S.L. Chin, Laser Research and Application in China, Physics in Canada, , 62-65 (1981) 25. P. Bernard, P. Galarneau, S.L. Chin, Self-focusing of CO2 laser pulses in low-pressure SF6, Optics Letters, 6, 139-141 (1981) 24. S.L. Chin, Various techniques for producing a single longitudinal mode TEA-CO2 laser, Optics And Laser Technology, April, (1980) 30 23. D. Faubert, S.L. Chin, M. Cormier, M. Boloten, Numerical analysis of short laser pulse superposition in a fluorescent dye medium, Canadian Journal of Physics, 57, 160-167 (1979) 22. S.L. Chin, G. Boisclair, Selective-absorption cross section of CF3CHCl2 and CF3CDCl2 at 10.2 and 10.6 µm of a TEACO2 laser, Optics Letters, 4, 340-340 (1979) 21. D. Faubert, S.L. Chin, Subnanosecond pulse generation from a passively mode-locked ruby laser, Applied Optics, 18, 2347-2348 (1979) 20. A. Girard, S.L. Chin, C. Delisle, Penetration depth of 10.6-µm radiation in Plexiglass, Applied Optics, 18, 1295-1296 (1979) 19. D. Faubert, S.L. Chin, Passive laser pulse compression in a fluorescent dye medium, Canadian Journal of Physics, 57, 1359-1361 (1979) 18. S.L. Chin, D. Faubert, Energy dependence of collisionless multiphoton ionization of D20 molecules by a TEA-CO2 laser, Applied Physics Letters, 32, 303-305 (1978) 17. S.L. Chin, Collisionless multiphoton ionization of water molecules by a TEA-CO2 laser, Physics Letters, 61A, 311-313 (1977) 16. S.L. Chin, High power TEA-CO2 laser induced polymerization of ethylene, Canadian Journal of Chemistry, 54, 23412342 (1976) 15. S.L. Chin, D. Bélanger, Experimental evidence of the superposition of short laser pulses in a dye medium, Optics Communications, 16, 121-123 (1976) 14. S.L. Chin, A. Zardecki, Propagation and superposition of light pulses in a dye medium, Physical Review A, 13, 15281535 (1976) 13. S.L. Chin, Further evidence of dimer emission from superradiant travelling wave laser of concentrated aqueous solutions of rhodamine 6G and B, Physics Letters A, 48, 403-404 (1974) 12. S.L. Chin, Theory of the superposition of a train of short laser pulses in a dye medium, Optics Communications, 12, 1-4 (1974) 11. S.L. Chin, L. Leclerc, G. Bédard, New emission band from a superradiant travelling-wave rhodamine 6G dye laser, Optics Communications, 6, 264-266 (1972) 10. S.L. Chin, Effect of Local Laser-Beam Intensity Fluctuations in Multiphoton Ionization, Physical Review A, 5, 23032305 (1972) 9. S.L. Chin, G. Bédard, High efficiency superradiant travelling-wave dye laser, Optics Communications, 3, 299-300 (1971) 8. S.L. Chin, G. Bédard, Wavelength tuning of A superradiant travelling-wave dye laser, Optics Communications, 4, 148149 (1971) 7. S.L. Chin, Multiphoton Ionization of Molecules, Physical Review A, 4, 992-996 (1971) 6. S.L. Chin, G. Bédard, Ruby laser induced breakdown induced polymarization of methyl methacrylate, Physics Letters, 36A, 271-272 (1971) 5. S.L. Chin, Direct experimental evidence of multiphoton ionization of impurities as the initiation process of laser-induced gas breakdown, Canadian Journal of Physics, 48, 1314-1317 (1970) 31 4. S.L. Chin, N.R. Isenor, Multiphoton ionization in atomic gases with depletion of neutral atoms, Canadian Journal of Physics, 48, 1445-1447 (1970) 3. S.L. Chin, N.R. Isenor, M. Young, Multiphoton Ionization of Hg and Xe, Physical Review, 188, 7-8 (1969) 2. M. Young, S.L. Chin, N.R. Isenor, Laser-induced breakdown in freon-doped rare gas, Canadian Journal of Physics, 46, 1537-1538 (1968) 1. S.L. Chin, N.R. Isenor, Effect of an Electron-Acceptor Gas on the Optical Breakdown of Argon, Physical Review, 158, 93-94 (1967) 32 Appendix 1. Presentation of invited talks and seminars (2001-2012) 2001 (1) Presentation representing Canada NATO-TG31 bi-annual meeting, at the Forêt Montmorency, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, 10-12 Feb., 2001. Self-focusing and filamentation of a powerful femtosecond alser pulse in the atmosphere (2) Invited talk Annual symposium of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, Bamberg, Germany, March 29-31, 2001. Science and research in Germany, a personal reflection (3) Invited talk International conference on lasers and applications, Cairo, Egypt, April 2-5, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in the atmosphere (4) Invited talk Alexander von Humboldt Foundation overseas meeting in Ottawa, Canada, May 18-21, 2001. White Light Laser (5) Invited talk Canadian workshop on ultrafast intense laser and applications, near Montreal, May 26-28, 2001. Propagation and filamentation of powerful femtoseocond laser in air (6) Invited talk CAP annual congress, Victoria, BC, Canada. June 17-20, 2001. Femtosecond laser induced clean fluorescence & intensity clamping in optical media S. L. Chin, A. Talebpour & A. Becker Center for Optics,Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Universite Laval, Quebec, Qc, Canada. (7) Invited talk JASON Workshop, San Diego, CA., USA, July 9, 2001. Femtosecond laser induced clean fluorescence & intensity clamping in optical media (8) Invited talk CLEO-Pacific Rim meeting, Tokyo, Japan, July 16-19, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in the atmosphere and applications S. L. Chin*, N. Akozbek+, A. Talebpour*, A. Proulx*, S. Petit*, C. M. Bowden+ * Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser & Department of Physics, Engineering Phjysics and Optics Laval University, Quebec City, Qc G1K 7P4, Canada. + US Army Aviation and Missile Command AMRDEC, ATTN: AMSAM-RD-WS-ST, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama 35898-5000, USA. (9) Invited seminar Department of Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, July 17, 2001 Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in neutral optical media-clean fluorescence and intensity clamping (10) Invited seminar Asahi Glass Company, Yokohama, Japan, July 19, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in neutral optical media-clean fluorescence and intensity clamping (11) Invited seminar JAERI, Kansai, Japan, July 24, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in neutral optical media-clean fluorescence and intensity clamping 33 (12) Invited seminar Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 27, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in neutral optical media-clean fluorescence and intensity clamping (13) Invited lecture Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 3, 2001. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in neutral optical media-clean fluorescence and intensity clamping (14) Invited lecture Penang Development Corporation, Penang, Malaysia, August 4, 2001. Photonics (15) Invited talk Workshop on laser and semiconductor, Cork, Ireland, September, September 5-8, 2001. Femtosecond laser induced clean fluorescence & intensity clamping in optical media S. L. Chin, A. Talebpour and A. Becker Center for Optics,Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Universite Laval, Quebec, Qc, Canada. (16) Presentation representing Canada NATO-TG31 bi-annual meeting, at Ste-Foy, Quebec City, Canada, 6-7 Oct., 2001. Clean fluorescence of nitrogen molecules in the filaments of ultrafast intense laser pulses propagating in air (17) Invited talk International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (1), Ste-Foy, Quebec City, Canada, 4-6 Oct., 2001. Femtosecond laser induced clean fluorescence & intensity clamping in optical media A. Becker, A. Talebpour and S. L. Chin Center for Optics,Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Universite Laval, Quebec, Qc, Canada. (18) Invited talk Canada-Russia photonics workshop on collaboration, Foret Montmorency of Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 19 to 22 December, 2001 Ultrafast intense laser science 2002 (1) Invited talk Physics of Quantum Electromnics, Snowbird, Utah, USA. Jan. 6-10, 2002. Powerful femtosecond laser pulse propagation in air: clean fluorescence, intensity clamping and self-phase matching (2) Presentation representing Canada NATO-SET-TG31 meeting, Ettlingen, Germany. 2002 February 7-8. The propagation and application of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: a progress report from Canada (3) Invited talk Canadian Association of Physicists (CAP/ACPP) Annual Meeting, Quebec City, Canada. June 2-5, 2002. Efficient Third Harmonic Generation in the filament of ultrashort laser pulse: self-phase locking, a new phenomenon S. L. Chin1, N. Akozbek2,3, A. Iwasaki1, A. Becker4,5, C. M. Bowden4 1 Dept. of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics & Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) Université Laval, Québec, Canada. 2 Time Domain Corporation, 7057 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, AL 35806, U.S.A. 34 3 U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-WS-RD-ST, Huntsville, AL 35898-5000, U.S.A. Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, Postfach 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. 5 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme,Noethnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. 4 (4) Contributed paper CAP/ICAPT joint meeting, Quebec City, June 2-6, 2002. Writing waveguide in pure fused silica with 1 kHz femtosecond laser A. Saliminia, M.-C. Nadeau, Nguyen thi NgocTrang, S. Petit, S.L. Chin, and R. Vallée Center for Optics, Photonics, and Laser (COPL), Département de Physique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada, G1K 7P4 (5) Invited talk International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), Moscow, Russia, 23-28, June, 2002. New advances in ultrafast laser propagation and filamentation S. L. Chin1, A. Iwasaki1, W. Liu1, N. Akozbek2,3 ,C. M. Bowden3, O. G. Kosareva4, V. P. Kandidov4, A. Becker5,6 1 Dept. of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics & Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), Université Laval, Québec, Canada. 2 Time Domain Corporation, 7057 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, AL 35806, U.S.A. 3 U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-WS-RD-ST, Huntsville, AL 35898-5000, U.S.A. 4 International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow 119899, Russia. 5 Fakultaet fuer Physik, Universitaet Bielefeld, Postfach 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany. 6 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme,Noethnitzer Str. 38, D-01187 Dresden, Germany. (6) Invited talk International Quantum Electronics Conference (IQEC), Moscow, Russia, 23-28, June, 2002. FORMATION OF FILAMENTS AND TRANSVERSE RING STRUCTURES IN HIGH-POWER FEMTOSECOND LASER PULSES IN AIR O.G. Kosareva, V. P. Kandidov, A.A. Koltun, K.Yu. Andrianov International Laser Center, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia S.L. Chin, S. Petit, W. Liu, A. Iwasaki, M.-C. Nadeau Center for Optics, Photonics and Lasers, Physics Department, Laval University, Quebec, Canada (7) Invited talk International Confernce on tera-Hertz radiation and ultrafast laser science, Beijing, China, July, 21-26, 2002. New advances in laser pulse propagation and filamentation S.L. Chin, A. Iwasaki, W. Liu Departement de physique, de genie physique et d’optique and Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser, Universite Laval, Quebec (Quebec), Canada G1K 7P4, Phone: +1-418-656-3418, Fax: +1-418-656-2623, E-mail: slchin@phy.ulaval.ca N. Akozbek, C.M. Bowden US Army Aviation and Missile Command, AMSAM-WS-RD-ST, Huntsville, AL 35898-5000, USA O.G. Kosareva, V.P. Kandidov International Laser Center, Department of Physics, Moscow State Univeristy, Moscow 119899, Russia A. Becker Fakultat fur Physik, Universitat Bielefeld, Postfach 100 131, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany, (8) Invited talk Sendai Laser Chemistry Symposium, Tohoku U, Japan, Sept. 5-8, 2002. Nonlinear self-transformation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses propagating in optical media (9) Invited seminar Department of Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan, August 8, 2002. Nonlinear self-transformation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses propagating in optical media 35 (10) Invited talk JST International Symposium on Control of Molecules in Intense laser Fields Sept. 9-10, 2002, Odaiba/Tokyo, Japan. High field ionization and fragmentation: ultrashort pulse propagation effect (11) Invited talk Symposium on High laser field Physics, Oct. 9-11, 2002, Beijing, China. Lasing Action in the sky (12) Invited talk WE-Heraeus-Seminar, Bad Honnef, Germany, Oct. 13-16, 2002. Lasing action in the sky induced by light bullets S. L. Chin*, N. Akozbek** and C. M. Bowden*** *Center for Optics,Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Universite Laval, Quebec, Qc, Canada. ** Time Domain, Huntsville, Al, USA. ***US AMCOM, Redstone Arsenal, Al, USA. (13) Seminar presented at the Technical University (TU) of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Oct. 17, 2002. Lasing action in the sky induced by light bullets (14) Invited talk International Conference on Multiphoton Processes (ICOMP IX), Elounda, Crete, Greece, Oct. 19-23, 2002. Introduction to high laser field interaction and propagation (15) Invited seminar presentted at Spectra Physics, Calif., Dec 10, 2002. Self-focusing and filamentation of powerful fs laser pulses in optical media 2003 (1) Presentation representing Canada NATO-TG31 bi-annual meeting, at AMCOM, USA, Feb 24, 2003. Self-transforming white light laser bullet, physics and prospects (2) Invited talk A brief to NATO - SET panel, Chester, UK, 2003.04.09 Potential of defence applications of ultra-short High intensity laser pulse technology Presented by members of SET-055/TG31 Canada: S. L. Chin, Laval University, Quebec. Co-chair France: A. Mysyrowicz, Ecole Polytechnique France: J. Poupard, DGA/DSP/STTC/DT/OP Germany: R. Ebert, B. Eberle, FGAN-FOM Germany: R. Sauerbrey, University of Jena UK: R. Lamb, QinetiQ USA: C. M. Bowden, AMCOM. Co-chair USA: N. Akozbek, Time Domain Invited specialists: J-P Wolf, University of Lyon, France L. Woeste, Free University of Berlin, Germany Presenter: S. L. Chin, Canada (3) Invited talk CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, USA, June 1-6, 2003 Lasing action in air induced by ultrafast laser filamentation Q. Luo, W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini, B. Ferland and S. L. Chin Center d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) et Département de physique,de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval, Québec, Canada 36 (4) Contributed talk CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, USA, June 1-6, 2003 Optical breakdown and filamentation in fused silica using femtosecond IR pulses N.T. Nguyen, A. Saliminia, W. Liu, S.L. Chin, and R. Vallée Centre d’optique, photonique et laser (COPL) & Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique , Université Laval, Québec, Canada. (5) Contributed talk CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, USA, June 1-6, 2003 Multiple re-focusing of ultrashort laser pulse propagating in condensed matter W. Liu1, S.L. Chin1, O. Kosareva2, I.S. Golubtsov2, V.P. Kandidov2 1 Departement de physique, de génie physique et d’optique and Centre d’optique, photonique et laser, Université Laval, Québec (Québec), Canada G1K 7P4 2 International Laser Center, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia (6) Contributed talk CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, Maryland, USA, !-6, June, 2003. Measurement of filament length generated by an intense femtosecond laser pulse using electromagnetic radiation detection S.A. Hosseini, B. Ferland, S.L. Chin Centre d’optique, photonique et laser (COPL) & Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique , Université Laval, Québec, Qc, Canada. (7) Invited talk National Seminar on the opportunities in the electronic industry/NEPCON, June 24-25, 2003, The Mines, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Photonics: Lighting future high-tech industries (8) Invited talk Femtosecond laser lidar symposium, Laser optics 2003, St. Petersburg, Russia June 30 - July 4, 2003. Laser action and nonlinear optics in the sky S. L. Chin, Q. Luo, W. Liu, S. A. Hosseini & B. Ferland Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Laval University, Quebec City, Canada (9) Invited talk XXIst International Conference on Photochemistry Nara, Japan , July 26-31, 2003 White light laser ionization or The influence of nonlinear propagation on intense fs laser field ionization and dissociation S. L. Chin1, W. Liu1, X. Tang1, E. Oral1, A. Iwasaki1*, P. Agostini1,2, A. Becker3, O. Kosareva4, V. Kandidov4 1 Dept. Of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics and Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 2 CEN Saclay, France 3 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme Dresden, Germany 4 International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. * Currently at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan (10) Invited talk International Symposium on Atoms, Molecules and Clusters in Intense Laser Fields 37 University of Tokyo, Japan ,Aug. 1-2, 2003 Atoms and Molecules in highly deformed intense fs laser pulse S. L. Chin1, W. Liu1, X. Tang1, E. Oral1, A. Iwasaki1*, P. Agostini1,2, A. Becker3, O. Kosareva4, V. Kandidov4 1 Dept. Of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics and Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. 2 CEN Saclay, France 3 Max-Planck-Institut fuer Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany 4 International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. * Currently at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan (11) invited seminar Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Aug. 4, 2003 Self-transformation of a powerful femtosecond laser pulse into a white light laser pulse: physics and applications (12) Invited talk Faculty of Sciences, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 11, 2003. Doing Research around the world by an ex-Malaysian (13) Invited talk Penang Industrial Development Agency, Penang, Malaysia, Aug. 13, 2003. Future and prospect of photonics industries (14) Seminar To venture capitalists of the Malaysian Venture Capitalist Association (MVCA), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, August 14, 2003. Photonics (15) Invited plenary lecture Malaysian Physical Society Annual Meeting, Fraser’s Hill, Malaysia, Aug. 15-17, 2003. Filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in optical media: physics and applications (16) Invited seminar RIKEN, Wako Main Campus, Wako City (Tokyo), Japan, Aug. 18, 2003 Self-transformation of a powerful femtosecond laser pulse into a white light laser pulse: filamentation, physics and applications (17) Invited talk 87th Annual meeting of the Optical Society of America Frontiers in Optics (OSA) and Laser Science XIX (APS/DLS) Tucson, Arizona, USA, Oct 5-10, 2003. Filamentation vs breakdown induced by femtosecond laser pulses in optical media (18) Invited Seminar Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 2003.December.8 Multiple filamentation competition induced by femtosecond laser pulses in optical media (19) Invited seminar East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. Self-focusing and filamentation of powerful femtosecond laser pulses in optical media (20) Invited seminar Chinese Millitary College, Fengshan, Taiwan Ultafast Intense light bullet Or Self-focusing and filamentation of powerful fs laser pulses in optical media 38 (21) Invited talk CLEO-Pacific Rim 2003, Taipei, Taiwan, 15-19 Dec. 2003. Self-focusing and filamentation of ultrafast laser pulses in optical media: physics and applications 2004 (1) General talk International workshop on ultrafast intense laser sciences Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 4-6 Mar. 2004. Overview: Physics and potential applications of self-focusing and filamentation of powerful femtoseocnd (2) Invited talk Symposium on the interaction of intense laser with matters University of Jena, Jena, Germany. 31 Mar. – 2 April, 2004. Self-guided hot light pulse (3) Invited keynote talk First international conference on modern trends in physics research Cairo University, Cairo/Aswan, Egypt. 04-09 April, 2004. Powerful femtosecond laser filamentation in optical media: from atmospheric sensing to waveguide writing in glasses (4) Invited Seminar East China Normal University, Department of Physics, Shanghai, China. 2004.05.17. From the world status of intense laser to the world of intense laser science (5) Invited Seminar National Jiaotong University, Department of Physics, Shanghai, China. 2004.05.19. From the world status of ultrafast intense laser to the world of ultrafast intense laser science (6) Invited Seminar Wuhan Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Aciences, Wuhan, China. 2004.05.20. Intense femtosecond laser propagation and interaction with atoms and molecules (7) Invited Seminar RIKEN, Wako City (Tokyo), Japan. 2004.06.17. Intense femtosecond laser propagaiton and interaction with atoms and molecules: self-guided hot light pulse (8) Invited Seminar Dept. of Chemistry, Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan. 2004.06.17. Intense femtosecond laser propagation and interaction with atoms and molecules: self-guided hot light pulse (9) Invited talk Asian Symposium on ultrafast Intense Laser Sciences, 1 University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. 2004.06.19. Self-guided hot light pulse (10) Invited seminar Institute of Advanced Energy, Kyoto University, Kyoto (Uji), Japan. 2004.06.23. Propagation of femtosecond laser pulses in optical media and some of its consequences in applications (11) Invited talk International Laser Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 July, 2004. Self-guided hot light pulse S L Chin*1, W Liu1, S Hoseinni1, Q Luo1, B Ferland1, F Theberge1, J-F Gravel1, O Kosareva2, V P Kandidov2, N Akozbek3, A Becker4 and H Schroeder5 * invited speaker 39 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser & Dept of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2 International Laser Center, Department of PHysics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 3 Timedomain Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex System, Dresden, Germany 5 Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany (12) Invited talk International Laser Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 July, 2004. Third harmonic generation and channeling in air using femtosecond laser pulses A. Becker* Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany * speaker N. Aközbek Time Domain Corporation, Huntsville, USA A. Iwasaki, W. Liu, S.L. Chin Université Laval, Québec, Canada M. Scalora, C.M. Bowden U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, USA (13) Invited talk, International Laser Workshop, Trieste, Italy, 12-16 July, 2004. Control of multiple filamentation by way of a mesh Hartmut Schroeder* Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany S. L. Chin COPL, Laval University, Quebec, Canada. *speaker (14) Invited talk Canada-US defence collaboration committee meeting, 2004.09.01 Ultrafast laser long range filamentation in air and its potential applications (15) Invited talk International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (3) Palermo, Italy, Sept. 16-21, 2004. Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation sustained by a background field reservoir S L Chin*1, W Liu1, S Hoseinni1, Q Luo1, B Ferland1, F Theberge1, J-F Gravel1, O Kosareva2, V P Kandidov2, N Akozbek3, A Becker4 and H Schroeder5 * invited speaker 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser & Dept of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2 International Laser Center, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 3 Timedomain Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex System, Dresden, Germany 5 Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany 16. Invited talk International high laser field physics conference, Wuyishan, China, Nov. 2-6, 2004. Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation sustained by a background field reservoir 40 17. Invited talk International high laser field physics conference, Wuyishan, China, Nov. 2-6, 2004. Effect of beam diameter on the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses Q. Luo1*, S.A. Hosseini1, W. Liu1, J.-F. Gravel1 , O.G. Kosareva2, N.A. Panov2, N. Aközbek3, V.P. Kandidov2,G. Roy4 and S.L. Chin1 * speaker 1 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, QC, G1K 7P4 Canada 2 International Laser Center, Physics Department, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia 3 Time Domain Corporation, 7057 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, Alabama 35806, USA 4 The remote sensing group of the Defense Research and development Center-Valcartier (DRDC-Valcartier), Val-Belair, QC, G3J 1X5, Canada 18. Invited seminar Institute of Modern Optics, Nankai University, Tianjin, China. Nov. 13, 2004. From the world status of ultrafast intense laser to the world of ultrafast intense laser science 19. Talk at the NATO-SET Panel’s TG31 final meeting, DGA Paris, France. Dec. 13-15, 2004. Femtosecond laser filamentation processes and third harmonic generation in air S. L. Chin Laval University, Quebec City, Canada; On behalf of The Defence Research and Development Canada: DRDC-Valcartier, Canada 2005 1. Openning Speech, International Winter Workshop on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science - Propagation and Material Processing, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada; Feb.11-14, 2005. ‘General review: femtosecond laser pulse propagation and challenges’ 2. Seminar at the Department of Physics, York University, Toronto, Canada. April 13, 2005. ‘The physics and the consequence of the propagation of ultrafast intense laser pulses in optical media’ 3. Seminar at the University of Lyon, Lyon, France. April 28, 2005. ‘Some recent advances in femtosecond laser filamentation’ 4. Invited talk, NATO-SET Panel, brief of TG31 (final report), Lisbon, Portugal, 2005.May.4-6. ‘Applications of intense femtosecond lasers’ S. L. Chin* Laval University, Quebec City, Canada representing The Defence Research and Development Canada: DRDC-Valcartier, Canada On behalf of the following TG31’s members and invited collaborators : N. Akozbek1, M. Bloemer2, the late C.Bowden2, B. Desruelle3, R. Ebert4, R. Lamb5, A. Mysyrowicz6, R. Sauerbrey7, L. Woeste8, J-P. Wolf9 * Co-chair, TG31. 1 Time Domain Corporation, Huntsville, AL, USA 2 AMCOM, AMSAM-RD-WS-ID, Redstone Arsenal, AL, USA 3 STTC/DT/OP, Paris, France 4 FGAN/FOM, Ettlingen, Germany 5 Qinetiq, Worcestershire, United Kingdom 6 ENSTA-LOA, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France 41 7 Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Jena, Germany Freie Universitaet Berlin, Berlin, Germany 9 LASIM, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Villeurbanne, France 8 5. Invited talk, International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics/Laser Application and Technology, ICONO/LAT 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005.05.10-16. ‘The physics of femtosecond laser filamentation and its potential applications’ S L Chin1*, Q Luo1, W Liu1, S A Hosseini1, F Theberge1, A Saliminia1, T Nguyen1, M Sharifi1, R Vallee1, O G Kosareva2, V P Kandidov2, N Akozbek3, A Becker4, H Schroeder5, J Liu5 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Laval University, Quebec City, Qc, Canada. Email: slchin@phy.ulaval.ca 2 International Laser Center, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia, e-mail: kosareva@msuilc.phys.msu.su 3 Time Domain Corporation, Cummings Research Park, 7057 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA, e-mail: neset.akozbek@timedomain.com 4 Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany. Email: abecker@mpipks-dresden.mpg.de 5 Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optic, Garching, Germany. Hartmut.Schroeder@mpq.mpg.de * invited speaker 6. Invited talk, International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics/Laser Application and Technology, ICONO/LAT 2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, 2005.05.10-16. ‘Control of multiple filaments in a high-power femtosecond laser pulse’ O.G. Kosareva*, V.P. Kandidov, N.A. Panov, International Laser Center, Moscow State University, Russia N. Akozbek, Time Domain Corporation, Huntsville, AL, USA M. Scalora, US Army Aviation and Missile Command, Huntsville, AL, USA Q. Luo, S.A.Hosseini, S.L. Chin, Laval University, Quebec, Canada * invited speaker 7. Invited talk, Canadian Association of Physicists annual congress, Vancouver, 2005.06.5-9. ‘The physics of femtosecond laser filamentation and its potential applications’ 8. Invited talk, International Laser Physics Workshop, Kyoto, 2005.07.4-8. ‘Some challenges in the physics of intense femtosecond laser propagation’ 9. Invited talk, International Laser Physics Workshop, Kyoto, 2005.07.4-8. ‘What a Chuck: in memory of the late Dr. Charles (Chuck) M. Bowden US Army Missile Command R/D Center, Alabama, USA’ 10. Invited talk, International symposium on ultrafast phenomena of atoms, molecules and bio-molecules in designed laser fields, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.07.09. ‘Intense femtosecond laser filamentation physics and potential applications’ 11. Invited talk, IQEC/CLEO-PR, Tokyo, Japan, 2005.07.11-15. ‘Some challenges in the physics of intense femtosecond laser propagation’ 12. Invited plenary talk, International Meeting on frontiers of physics 2005 (IMFP 2005), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. 2005.07.25-29, ‘Intense femtosecond laser filamentation physics and applications’ 13. Invited talk, Intense Laser-matter interaction and pulse propagation, Dresden, Germany, 2005.08.15-19. ‘Panel discussion on filamentation, physics, applications & challenges : Introduction’ 14. Invited talk, XIV Multiple Scattering Lidar Experiments, Quebec City, Canada, 4-7 Sept. 2005 ‘Long range Intense femtosecond laser propagation and sensing in the atmosphere’ 42 S L Chin1, W Liu1, Q Luo1, F Théberge1, H Xu1, D Boudreau1,2, J-F Gravel1,2, S A Hosseini1, N Aközbek 3, A Becker4, V P Kandidov5, O G Kosareva5 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) & Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique Université Laval, Québec, Qc. Canada. 2 COPL & Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec, Qc. Canada. 3 Timedomain Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 5 International Laser Center, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia 1 15. Invited talk, International Conference on Multiphoton Processes 10 (ICOMP 10), Orford, Quebec Canada, Oct. 9-14, 2005. ‘Overview: intense femtosecond laser filamentation’ 16. Invited plenary talk, 23rd Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies (FACSS 2005), Quebec City, Oct. 9-13, 2005. ‘Long range Intense femtosecond laser propagation and sensing in the atmosphere’ S. L. Chin1**, S. A. Hosseini1, W. Liu1, Q. Luo1, F. Théberge1, J-F Gravel1,2, D. Boudreau1,2, N. Aközbek 3, A. Becker4, V. P. Kandidov5, O. G. Kosareva5 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) & Département de Physique, de Génie Physique et d’Optique, Université Laval, Québec, Qc. G1K 7P4, Canada. 2 COPL & Département de Chimie, Université Laval, Québec, Qc. G1K 7P4, Canada. 3 Timedomain Corp., Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 5 International Laser Center, Department of Physics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia * Work supported by DRDC-Valcartier, Femtotech, NSERC, Canada Research Chairs, CIPI, FQRNT and NATO ** Invited speaker 1 17. Mission Québec en Chine, 21-28 septembre, 2005 Mission Québec en Chine: avec le premier ministre du Québec, M. Jean Charest, dans la délégation d’économie, science et technologie de 150 personnes pour visiter la Chine. Dans mon cas, c’est pour promouvoir le collaboration en la recherche scientifique sur l’optique, photonique et laser avec les organismes de recherche universitaires ainsi que de l’Académie des Sciences de la Chine. J’ai fait des organisations pour faire visiter des organismes suivantes par le recteur Michel Pigeon, la vice-rectrice Diane Lachapelle et le directeur du COPL, Réal Vallée avec comme conséquence des signatures d’ententes de collaboration académique. Beijing : 1. Académie des Sciences de la Chine (Reçu par l’Académicien le Prof. Jie Zhang, directeur de la division de la science fondamentale de l’Académie) 2. Université de Pékin, Département de Physique, Institut d’Optique Moderne (reçu par le Prof. Qihuang Gong, directeur de l’Institut) Tianjin : 1. Université Nankai, Institut d’Optique Moderne (reçu par l’Académicien le Prof. Guoguang Mu, directeur de l’Institut) 2. Université Tianjin, Département des Instrumentations Optiques de Précision (reçu par l’Académicien le Prof. Qianchuen Yao et le Prof. Chingyue Wang) Shanghai : 1. Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics (SIOM), Chinese Academy of Sciences (reçu par l’Académicien le Prof. Zhizhan Xu et le vice-directeur de SIOM, le Prof. Ruxin Li) 2. East China Normal University, Key Laboratory of Optical and Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy, Department of Phyiscs (Reçu par le Prof. Heping Zeng, directeur du ‘Key Laboratory’) 18. Invited seminar at the Lab. For Quantum Optics, KAERI (Korean Atomic Energy Research Institute), Daejeon, Korea, 2005.11.2. 43 Intense femtosecond laser filamentation and potential applications 19. Invited plenary talk, 13th Int’l Symposium on Laser Spectroscopy , KAERI, Daejeon, Korea, 2005.11.3-4. Some challenges in the filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses 20. Invited seminar, Coherent x-ray Research Center, KAIST (Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology), Daejeon, Korea, 2005.11.4. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation and potential applications 21. Invited discussion leader, International Symposium of Ultrafast Intense Laser Science-4 (ISUILS-4), Kona, Hawaii, USA, 2005.12.10-14. Overview: intense femtosecond laser filamentation 22. Introducing the recipient of the Honorary Co-Chair Medal, Prof. Farhad Faisal of the University of Bielefeld, Germany and presentation of the Award to Prof. Faisal at ISUILS-4, Kona, Hawaii, USA, 2005.12.10. by S. L. Chin Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada 23. Invited talk, Pacifichem (International Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies), Honolulu, USA, 2005.12.15-20. Some challenges in the physics of intense femtosecond laser propagation S L Chin1*, Q Luo1, W Liu1, S A Hosseini1, F Theberge1, A Saliminia1, T Nguyen1, M Sharifi1, R Vallee1, V Koubassov1, O G Kosareva2, V P Kandidov2, N Akozbek3, A Becker4, H Schroeder5, J Liu5 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Qc, Canada. 2 International Laser Center, Physics Department, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia. 3 Time Domain Corporation, Cummings Research Park, 7057 Old Madison Pike, Huntsville, AL 35806, USA. 4 Max-Planck-Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany. 5 Max-Planck-Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany. * Invited speaker 2006 1. Invited talk, Joint meeting CIPI-and Advanced food material NCE of Guelph University, 11 January 2006, in Toronto ‘Clean cut of wood surfaces using intense femtosecond laser pulses’ 2. Invited talk, CaMexUS workshop, U of Toronto, 2006.04.26-28. ‘Femtosecond laser filamentation and waveguide writing in fused silica’ S. L. Chin, R. Vallée, A. Saliminia and T. Nguyen Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 3. CLEO oral presentation, Long Beach, Calif, 21-26, May, 2006 ‘Tunable Few-Cycle Laser Source: a New Efficient Process through Filamentation in Gases’ F. Théberge, W. Liu, S.L. Chin Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval (Canada) N. Aközbek Time Domain Corporation (United States of America) 44 A. Becker Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Germany) 4. Seminar given at NTT Basic Research laboratory, Aiko-ishida, Japan (Invited by Dr. Hidetoshi Nakano), July 3, 2006. ‘Some new applications using femtosecond laser filamentation in air’ 5. Seminar given at Tokyo institute of Technology, Tokyo, Japan (Invited by Dr. Kazutaka Nakamura), July 4, 2006. ‘Some new applications using femtosecond laser filamentation in air’ 6. Seminar given at Institute of Molecular sciences, Higashi-Okazaki, Japan (Invited by Dr. Kenji Ohmori), July 5, 2006. ‘Some new applications using femtosecond laser filamentation in air’ 7. Seminar given at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan (Invited by Dr. Katsumi Midorikawa), July 6, 2006. ‘Some new applications using femtosecond laser filamentation in air’ 8. Invited talk, 1st Canada-Japan Bilateral Meeting on ultrafast Intense Laser Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 7-8, 2006. ‘Feasibility of remote sensing of chemical and biological agents inside femtosecond laser filaments in air’ 9. Invited talk, 1st Canada-Japan Bilateral Meeting on ultrafast Intense Laser Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 7-8, 2006. ‘Tunable Few-Cycle Laser Source: a New Efficient Process through Filamentation in Gases’ F. Théberge, W. Liu, S.L. Chin Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval (Canada) N. Aközbek Time Domain Corporation (United States of America) A. Becker Max-Planck-Institut für Physik komplexer Systeme (Germany) 10. Invited introductory speech 1st Canada-Japan Bilateral Meeting on ultrafast Intense Laser Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, July 7-8, 2006. Welcoming the Canadian and Japanese delegates 12. Invited talk International Workshop on Laser Physics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.07.23-28. ‘New applications of intense femtosecond laser filamentation: efficient generation of tunable few cycle pulses and remote sensing of chem-bio agents’ S. L. Chin1, F. Theberge1, H. Xu1, Q. Luo1, W. Liu1, S.A. Hosseini1,2, M. Sharifi1, J-F Daigle1, N. Akozbek3, A. Becker4, G. Roy5 and P. Mathieu5 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2 Now at University of Toronto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Toronto, Canada 3 Time Domain, Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 5 Defence Research and Development of Canada-Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. 13. Invited chair International Workshop on Laser Physics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.07.23-28. 45 Chairing the session: Seminar 5.2 of Nonlinear optics and spectroscopy 14. Invited talk International Workshop on Laser Physics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.07.23-28. ‘Optimizing transport of femtosecond laser pulses in air’ O. G. Kosareva1, N. A. Panov1, V. P. Kandidov1, W. Liu2, F. Théberge2 and S. L. Chin2 1 2 Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia. Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 15. Invited talk International Workshop on Laser Physics, Lausanne, Switzerland, 2006.07.23-28. ‘The role of the energy reservoir during ultrashort intense laser filamentation’ A. Becker1, E. Arevalo1, W. Liu2, J-F Gravel2, F. Théberge2 and S. L. Chin2 1 2 Max-Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex System, Dresden, Germany. COPL, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 16. Invited talk CIPI-Dofasco workshop on photonics application to steel industry, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2006.09.12. ‘Femtosecond filamentation LIBS’ 17. Invited talk Frontiers in Optics, Laser Science of APS (American Physical Society) and OSA (Optical Society of America) annual meeting, Rochester, N.Y., USA. 2006.10.8-12. New applications of intense femtosecond laser filamentation: efficient generation of tunable few-cycle pulses and remote sensing of chem-bio agents S. L. Chin1, F. Theberge1, H. Xu1, Q. Luo1, W. Liu1, S.A. Hosseini1,2, M. Sharifi1, J-F. Daigle1, N. Akozbek3, A. Becker4, G. Roy5 and P. Mathieu5 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Optics, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2 Now at University of Toronto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Toronto, Canada 3 Time Domain, Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 5 Defence Research and Development of Canada-Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. 18. Invited talk CPA symposium at Frontiers in Optics, Laser Science of APS (American Physical Society) and OSA (Optical Society of America) annual meeting, Rochester, N.Y., USA. 2006.10.8-12. From frying atoms with the first CPA laser to tunnelling through optical media with filamentation 19. Invited talk Seminar given at the Physics Department, University of Malaya, Kuaka Lumpur, Malaysia, 2006.11.1 Filamentation Nonlinear Optics 46 20. Invited talk NATO Reserach and Technology Organization (RTO), Sensor and Electronics Technology (SET), SET-098/RTG55: Laser based stand-off detection of biological agents, open session, at DRDC-Valcartier, 2006.11.09 Remote sensing of chem-bio agents based upon intense femtosecond laser filamentation S. L. Chin1, F. Théberge1, H. Xu1, W. Liu1, Q. Luo1, S.A. Hosseini1,2, M. Sharifi1, J-F Daigle1, G Méjean1, N. Akozbek3, A. Becker4, H. Schroeder5, G. Roy6 and P. Mathieu6, J-R Simard6 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2 Now at University of Toronto, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, Toronto, Canada 3 Time Domain, Huntsville, Alabama, USA 4 Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany 5 Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching, Germany 6 Defence Research and Development of Canada-Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. 21. Invited Talk Lecture given at the International Autumn School on ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 23-26, 2006. Filamentation nonlinear optics 22. Invited seminar, Electric Power Engineering Research Laboratory, Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, 2-6-1 Nagasaka, Yokosuka-shi, Kanagawa-Ken, 240-0196, JAPAN, Nov. 24, 2006. Filamentation of femtosecond laser pulses in air and applications 23. Invited talk/discussion leader International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science, Lijiang, Yunan, China. 5, 2006.11.28 – 12.3. Filamentation nonlinear optics 2007 1. Invited joint seminar/talk International conference on laser applications (Jan 14-19, 2007) National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, Cairo University, Cairo University, Egypt. Filamentation nonlinear optics: a new frontier 2. Invited seminar (Jan. 31, 2007) Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., USA. Filamentation nonlinear optics: a new frontier 3. Invited seminar (Jan. 31, 2007) Tera-Hertz science and technology laboratory, Department of Physics, Applied Physics and Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., USA. Advances in filamentation science and technology 4. Special presentation (Mar. 8, 2007) Canada-Japan bilateral meeting on ultrafast intense laser sciences (Mar. 5-8, 2007), Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. Filamentation nonlinear optics 5. Special presentation Workshop COPL-DRDC-Valcartier, Mar. 28, 2007, Laval University, Quebec, Canada One laser does all: feasibility of remote sensing of chem-bio, solid and metallic targets 47 6. Invited seminar Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 2007.05.02. Detection of Chemical and Biological Agents using femtosecond laser filamentation 7. Invited talk COAST One-day Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science 3, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2007.05.17. Detection of chemical and biological agents in air using femtosecond laser filamentation 8. Invited talk International symposium on molecular science of ultrafast electronic dynamics, Sendai, Japan, 2007.05.18-19 Filamentation remote sensing of chemical and biological agents 9. Invited talk ICONO-LAT, Minsk, Belarus, 2007.05.28 Filamentation nonlinear optics: a new frontier 10. Invited seminar Presented at the Nanyang Technological University of Singapore, Singapore, 2007.06.28 When an extremely short and intense laser pulse pierces through air… 11. Invited talk Asian Symposium on intense laser Science 3 (ASILS3), Kuala Lumpur and Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, 2007.07.02-06 Filamentation nonlinear optics 12. Invited seminar (2007.07. 06) Department of Physics, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Filamentation nonlinear optics 13. Invited talk International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS 07) Leon, Mexico. 2007.08.19-24 Filamentation sensing chemical and biological agents 14. Gold medal speech International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science 6 Tirrenia (Pisa), Italy. 2007.09.23-27. What is a filament? 15. Première réunion AS-35, Canada-France workshop on filamentation applications, DRDC-Valcartier, Quebec, Canada. 2007.11.27-28. Filamentation and remote sensing (of chemical and biological agents) 2008 1. Invited talk, First international workshop on prospectives of high density short pulse lasers, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences/International Center-Scientific and Applied Studies, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 7-11 Jan. 2008. Femtosecond laser filamentation science and applications 2. Invited lecture, COAST/CORAL Winter school on advanced laser science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan. 12-18 Jan 2008. Femtosecond laser filamentation science and applications 3. Invited seminar at the Max Born Institute for Nonlinear Optics, Berlin, Germany, 2008.02.25. What is a filament and why is it so interesting. 48 4. Seminar at East China Normal University, 2008.04.28 What is a filament and why is it so interesting. 5. Invited talk, CLEO-QELS, San Jose, California, USA, 2008.05.4-9 What is a filament and why is it so interesting. 6. Invited seminar, Dept. of Physics, The University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. 2008.06.12. Why is filamentation so interesting 7. Invited talk, Cross border workshop (laser science), Cornell University, Ithaca, 2008.06.16-18. Femtosecond laser filamentation science 8. Invited talk, International Laser Physics Workshop 2008, Trondheim, Norway, 2008.(06.30 – 07.04) Why is filamentation so interesting? 9. Invited seminar, SNOLAB, Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. 2008.08.18. Femtosecond laser filamentation science and applications 10. Invited seminar, University of Geneva (Physics Dept.), Switzerland, 2008.09.19. Advances in femtosecond laser filamentation 11. Invited talk, 2nd international filamentation conference, Paris, 2008.09.22-25. What is a filament and why is it so interesting? 12. Invited seminar, Sept of Physics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China. 2008.09.17. What is a filament and why is it so interesting? 13. Invited talk, The CCAST-WL National workshop on strong field laser physics, 2008, Qingdao, China. 2008.09. Advances in filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses: remote sensing, birefringence and THz generation 14. Invited lecture, COAST/CORAL Autumn school on advanced laser science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo Japan. 2008.11.20-22. Advances in femtoseocnd laser filamentation 15. Invited talk and discussion leader, ISUILS7, Kyoto, Japan, 2008.11.24-28. Advances in filamentation science:ultrafast birefringence, THz generation and super-excitation of O2 16. Invited lectures (2 lectures), NATO-ASI, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. 2008.12.4-5 Intense femtosecond laser science and applications 2009 1. Invited conference CIPI/CMC workshop on photonic solution for detection and identification of nanoparticles in air and liquids. Montreal. 2009.01.21. ‘Femtosecond laser filamentation detection technique’ 2. Invited talk ARO (USA) workshop on light filamentaion, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA, Feb. 26-27, 2009. ‘Intense femtosecond laser filamentation’ 3. Invited talk, COAST/CORAL Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science in Karuizawa, Japan.2009.03.12-14. ‘Can we reach very high intensity during filamentation in air with PW pulses?’ 4. S. L. Chin, as an OSA-fellow travelling lecturer, gave four seminars in Malaysia, 2009.04.01 -11. ‘Filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses and applications’ Presented at the following institutions: 49 a. Multimedia University, Cyberjaya, Selangor, 2009.04.03. b. University of Technology Malaysia, Johore Bahru, Johore,2009.04.07 c. University Malaysia Sarawak, Kuching, Sarawak, 2009.04.09 d. University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Kuala lumpur, 2009.04.10. 5. Invited seminar Department of Physics, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA. 2009.04.17. ‘Intense femtosecond laser filamentation’ 6. Présentation spéciale au 20e anniversaire du COPL, 2009.05.08, l’Université Laval, Québec. ‘La filamentation du laser femtoseconde intense: ça fait tourner la tête’ 7. Invited talk, International workshop on THz wave generation and detection in filaments, Laval University, Quebec, Qc. Canada; 2009.05.22-23. ‘Some important properties of filamentation and their probable impact on THz generation’ 8. Invited talk, Humboldt Association of Canada symposium on fire, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2009.05.28-29. ‘Fire stimulation’ 9. Invited talk at the Institute of Atomic and Molecular Sciences (IAMS), Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan, 2009.06.15 ‘Intense femtosecond laser induced super-excited states of some simple molecules and rotational revival’ 10. Invited seminar, Dept. of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.2009.07.02. ‘Filament anisotropic science in air’ 11. Invited talk, Canada-Japan Workshop CLAN–JILS Collaborations in Advance Laser Application, July 3, 2009, Tokyo, Japan. ‘Super-excited states in femtosecond laser filaments’ 12. Invited talk, International Laser Physics Workshop (LPHYS’09), Barcelona, Spain, 12-17 July, 2009. ‘Ultrafast birefringence in filament’ S L Chin1, C Marceau1, Y Chen1, F Théberge2, T-J Wang1, S Génier1, M Châteauneuf2, J Dubois2 1 Centre for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL) & Dept of Physics, Engineering physics and Optics, Laval University, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada 2 Defence Research and Development Canada-Valcartier, 2459 Pie-XI Boul N, Québec, Québec, G3J 1X5, Canada 13. Invited talk, Symposium on dynamic imaging - in memory of Prof. NB Delone, at the LPHYS 09 meeting, 2009.7.16, Barcelona, Spain. ‘Racing in the tunnel and walking through the memory lane’ S. L. Chin1 and F. A. Ilkov2 1 2 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), Laval University, Quebec City, Canada RodeF Consulting, 174 Debussy Terrace, Sunnyvale, CA, USA 14. Invited seminar, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2009.08.28. ‘Ultrafast birefringence in ultrafast laser filaments’ 15. Invited seminar, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, 2009.08.28. ‘Racing in the tunnel and walking through the memory lane (a history of Multiphoton and tunnel ionization in memory of N. B. Delone)’ 16. Invited talk, CLEO-Pacific Rim, Shanghai, China, Aug. 30 –Sept 3, 2009. ‘Recent Advances in intense laser filamentation’ 50 17. Invited talk, International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science 8 (ISUILS 8), Crete Island, Greece, Oct 3-8, 2009. ‘Ultrafast Birefringence in filament’ 18. Invited seminar, Dept. of Applied Chemistry, National Chioa Tung University, Hsin Chu, Taiwan. 2009.11.09. ‘Femtosecond laser processing of inorganic and bio-material and bio-sensing ’ 19. Invited seminar, Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 2009.11.10. ‘Femtosecond laser processing of inorganic and bio-material and bio-sensing ’ 20. Invited seminar, Genomic Research Center, Academia Sinica, Nankang, Taiwan. 2009.11.18. ‘Femtosecond laser processing of inorganic and bio-material and bio-sensing ’ 21. Invited seminar, Institute for Photonics, Technical University of Vienna, Austria. 2009.12.04. ‘Filamentation optical physics’ 2010 1. Invited talk, The 40th winter colloquium on the physics of quantum electronics (PQE), Snowbird, Utah, USA, 2010.01.3-7. Femtosecond laser filamentation and molecular rotation 2. Lecture tour of the Canadian Association of Physicists 2010. An invited talk given at the CEGEP F. X. Garneau, Québec, Qc., 24 Mar. 2010. La photonique non linéaire de la filamentation 3. Invited talk, RPQ (Réseau Photonique du Québec): Événement commémoratif 50e anniversaire de la première mise en opération d’un laser (École de Technologie Supérieure, Montréal, Qc. 2010.05.14) ‘La photonique non linéaire de la filamentation’ 4. Invited talk, The 2nd Shanghai Tokyo Advanced Research (STAR) Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Xiamen, China. 2010.05.26-28. ‘Remote Terahertz Emission from Two-color Filaments in Air’ S. L. Chin1, T.-J. Wang1, J.-F. Daigle1, Y. Chen1, C. Marceau1, F. Théberge2, M. Châteauneuf2 and J. Dubois2 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada 2 Defence Research and Development Canada-Valcartier, 2459 Pie-XI Blvd North, Québec, Québec, G3J 1X5, Canada 1 5. Invited talk, 3rd International Symposium on Filamentation (COFIL 3), Crete, Greece, May 31 – June 05, 2010. ‘Remote Terahertz Emission from Two-color Filaments in Air’ S. L. Chin1, T.-J. Wang1, J.-F. Daigle1, Y. Chen1, C. Marceau1, F. Théberge2, M. Châteauneuf2 and J. Dubois2 Centre d’Optique, Photonique et Laser (COPL) and Département de physique, de génie physique et d’optique, Université Laval, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada 2 Defence Research and Development Canada-Valcartier, 2459 Pie-XI Blvd North, Québec, Québec, G3J 1X5, Canada 1 6. Invited talk, International Laser Physics workshop, Foz do Iguazu, Brazil, 2010.07.05-10. ‘Population trapping and rotational revival of N2 molecules during filamentation of a femtosecond laser pulse in air’ S. L. Chin1, A. Azarm1, S. Ramakrishna7, A. Talebpour2, S. Hosseini1, Y. Teranishi3, 4, D. Song5, H. L. Xu6, Y. Kamali1, J. Bernhardt1, S. H. Lin2,3, F. Kong5 and T. Seideman7 1 Center for Optics, Photonics and Laser (COPL), Université Laval, Québec, Canada 2 Novx Systems Inc., 185 Renfrew Dr., Markham, Ontario, Canada 3 Institute of Atomic and Molecular Science, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan. 51 4 Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chiao‐Tung University, Hsin-Chu, Taiwan 5 Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China 6 Department of Chemistry, The University of Tokyo ,Tokyo, Japan 7 Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA. 7. Invited keynote talk, International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics, ICONO/International conference on Laser, applications and technologies LAT 2010, Kazan, Russia, 2010.08.23-27. ‘Filamentation laser physics in air’ 8. Invited seminar, Forschungzentrum Rosendorf (FZD), Dresden, Germany, 2010.09.01. ‘Filamentation laser science in air’ 9. Invited talk, 31st European Conference on Laser Interaction with Matter (XXXI ECLIM), Budapest, Hungary, 2010.09.610. ‘Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air’ 10. Invited talk, The CCAST-WL Workshop on strong field laser physics, 2010. 10.25-29. ‘Some advances in filamentation science in air’ 2011 1. 2011.01.04. Seminar in Jilin University, Changchun, China Intense laser filamentation science 2. 2011.01.05. Seminar in Changchun University of Science and Technology Intense laser filamentation science 3. 2011.01.09. Special talk at the ceremony of the 80th anniversary of Academician Prof. Guoguang Mu, Nankai University, Tianjin, China A special tribute to Prof. Mu, the pioneer of optics in China 4. 2011.05.05. Seminar, CEA Bruyères-le-Châtel, France. Terahertz pulse generation in filaments in air 5. 2011.05.10. Invited talk, European Materials Research Society EMRS-2011, Nice, France. 9-13 May, 2011. Intense femtosecond laser Filamentation Science 6. 2011.05.13. Invited talk, 2011 Humboldt symposium on air, UBC, Vancouver, B.C., Canada. 12-14 May, 2011 Intense laser sword piercing through air 7. 2011.05.18. Invited talk, Photonics North, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Femtosecond laser filamentation science 8. 2011.06.13. Invited talk, OSA topical meeting ‘Optical Sensors’, Toronto, Canada, (2011.06.12-16 ) Filamentation Terahertz generation in air 9. 2011.06.15. Acceptance plenary talk, 2011 CAP Medal of lifetime achievement in physics, CAP annual meeting, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Newfoundland. 2011.06.12-17. Population trapping in ultrafast laser filaments in air 10. 2011.07.13. Plenary talk, International Laser Physics Workshop 2011, Sarajevo, Bosnia, (2011.07.11-15) Recent advances in filamentation of intense femtosecond laser pulses 11. 2011.07. 21, invited talk, Int’l partnership strategy forum on the next generation of hi-power solid-state laser technology and application, Shanghai, The challenge in femtosecond laser filamentation remote sensing of pollutants in air 12. 2011.09.28. Seminar, University Tungu Abdul Rahman, Lampar, perak, Malaysia. 52 Some applications of femtosecond laser filamentation 13. 2011.09.30. Invited plenary talk, centenial ceremony of Tsung Wah High School, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Malaysia. Building warn and lasting human relationship through laser science research 14. 2011.10.04. Seminar, Multimedia University, Kuala Lumpur, malaysia. Some applications of femtosecond laser filamentation 15. 2011.10.06. Seminar, University of Malaya, Dept. of Physics, Kuala Lumpur, malaysia. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 16. 2011.10.18. Discussion leader, International Symposium on ultrafast Intense Laser science, Eisenach, Germany, Oct. 16-21, 2011. Filamentation and Terahertz generation 17. 2011.11.22. Invited talk, Partenariat d’Innovation’2011, 11.22, Québec, Canada. Potential applications of intense femtosecond laser filamentation in air 18. 2011.11.24. Seminar, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 2012 1. 2012.02.28. Seminar at RIKEN, Tokyo, Japan. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 2. 2012.03.01. Seminar, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 3. 2012.03.28. Invited talk, Symposium “Femtosecond Filamentation and Standoff Laser Sensing’, Vienna University of Technology, Vienna, Austria. 2012.03.28 Filamentation science in air 4. 2012.04.26. Seminar, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 5. 2012.05.07. Seminar, Dept. of Physics, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China Femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 6. 2012.05.08. Seminar, Dept. of Physics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, China Femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 7. 2012.05.09. Seminar, Dept. of Physics, Hua Zhong Normal University, Wuhan, China Femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 8. 2012.05.10. Seminar, Shanghai Institute of optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 9. 2012.05.11. Seminar, Dept. of Physics, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 10. 2012.06.20-22. Plenary lecture. Symposium and School for students and young scientists “Nonlinear Optics and Terahertz Generation”, Lomonosov Moscow State University and 2 nd international conference ‘terahertz and microwave radiation:generation, detection and applications’, June 20-22, 2012, Moscow, Russia. Filamentation science: from THz generation through molecular science to rain making in air Quebec City, Qc. Canada 53 11. Invited talk, International workshop on laser-plasma interaction (WLMI), Porquerolles, France, 2012.06.2529. Filamentation science in air 12. Invited talk, International laser Physics workshop, Calgary, Canada. 2012.07.22-27. More physics in a filament in air: condensation, population trapping, super-excitation, lasing, alignment, etc. 13. Invited talk, SILAP 2012 (Superintense laser atom physics workshop), Suzhou, China, Sept. 23-26, 2012. Super-excitation and interference stabilizationof molecules in a femtosecond laser filament in air 14. Invited talk at the annual meeting of MURI (Multidisciplinary university research initiative) workshop on filament science sponsored by the ARO and led by the University of Central Florida and the University of New Mexico, 2012.10.4-6. In Santa Fe, NM. More physics in a filament in air than we thought 15. Invited talk, International Symposium on filamentation (COFIL 2012), Tucson Arizona, USA, 2012.10.07-12. More physics in a filament in air than we thought (in memory of C.M. Bowden) 16. Invited talk, International symposium on ultrafast intense laser science, Jeju, South Korea, 2012.10.21-25. Filamentation in water vapor: fluorescence, lasing, absolute concentration measurement and condensation 17. Invited talk, 9th CCAST-WL Workshop on “Strong Field Laser Physics - 2012”, Tongxiang City, China.2012.10.26-29. More physics in a filament in air 18. Invited talk, International Symposium on Physics and Applications of Laser Dynamics 2012 (IS-PALD 2012), Tan-Nan, Taiwan, 2012.11.07-09. Intense femtosecond laser filamentation science in air 2013 1. Invited talk, Workshop on Fundamentals & Applications of Laser Filament, Okazaki, Japan, 2013.4.4-6. Molecular Lasing inside a Filament 2. Seminar, University of Tokyo, Dept. of Chemistry, Japan, 2013.04.11. Lasing in air filament: looking ahead 3. Seminar, RIKEN, Institute of Extreme Photonics,Tokyo, Japan, 2013.04.10. Lasing in air filament: looking ahead 4. Seminar, Dept. of Chemistry,Tohoku University, Sendai, japan, 2013.04.12 Lasing in air filament: looking ahead 5. Seminar, Osaka City University, Dept. of Chemistry, Osaka, Japan. 2013.04.08. Lasing in air filament: looking ahead 6. Seminar, Dept. of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China. 2013.04.24. Lasing in air filament: looking ahead 7. Keynote talk, International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO) 2013.06.18-22. Natural lasing of molecules in an air filament 8. Invited talk, Quebec-China bilateral colloquium on photonics, 2013.09.10-11 Artificial snow (rain) making by a laser: a successful collaborative project between Quebec and China 54 Appendix 2. Organizing national and international conferences, symposia and colloquia and members of scientific committees (2001-2013) 2001 1. Member of international steering committee, International Laser Physics Conference, 2. Chairman, NATO-TG31 workshop on the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in air, Forêt Montmorency, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, 10-12 Feb., 2001. 3. Member of the sub-committee of high intensity short wavelength laser and high laser field physics, CLEO-Pacific Rim international conference, Tokyo, Japan, 15-19 July, 2001. 4. Chairman, International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science (1), Ste-Foy, Quebec City, Canada, 4-6 Oct. 2001. 5. Chairman, NATO-TG31 workshop on the propagation of intense femtosecond laser pulses in air, Ste-Foy, Quebec City, Canada, 6-7, Oct. 2001. 2002 1. Member of international steering committee, International Laser PhysicsWorkshop, Hamburg, Germany, Sept. 2003 1. Member of international program committee, International Laser PhysicsWorkshop, Hamburg, Germnay, 10-15 Sept. 2003. 2. Co-chair, International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science (2), Lac Delage, near Quebec City, 27-29 September, 2003. 3. Co-chair, ‘Trends in Ultrafast Intense Laser Science and Technology’ Lac Delage, near Quebec City, 25-26 Sept, 2003. 4. Chair, NATO TG31 workshop, Lac Delage, near Quebec City, Canada, 29-30, September 2003. 5. Member of international advisory committee, SILAP (Superintense laser atom interaction), Texas, Oct. 2004. 6. Co-chair, CLEO-Pacific Rim 2003, Sub-committee on ‘High-Field Lasers and Ultra-Short Wavelength Radiation’, Taipei, Taiwan, Dec. 10-15, 2003. 7. Member of scientific committee, Third international symposium on ultrafast intense laser science, 16-20 September 2004, Palazzo Steri and Città del Mare, Palermo, Italy. 2004 1. Chair, international workshop on ultrafast intene laser science, Quebec, Canada, 2004. March, 4-6. 2. Member of international advisory and program committee, International Laser PhysicsWorkshop, Trieste, Italy, July 1216, 2004. 3. Member of ‘Asian Intense Laser Network’ created in June, 2004 in Japan. 4. Co-chair (Kazutaka Nakamura, Todd Ditmire, and See Leang Chin) of the session “Laser Particle Generation and its Application to Chemistry” at the Pacific Chemistry Conference (Pacifichem), 12-15 Dec 2005 in Hawaii. 5. Honorary guest professor, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China (May, 2004). 55 6. Honorary Consultant Professor, National Chiaotung University, Shanghai, China (May, 2004). 7. Canadian coordinator of the international network on ultrafast intense laser science initiated by Japan (Prof. K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo). 8. Co-chair, International high laser field physics conference, Wuyishan, China, Nov. 2-6, 2004. 9. Co-scientific coordinator (with Andreas Becker, Nimrod Moiseyev and Kaoru yamanouchi) Seminar & Workshop: August 1 - 24, 2005, ‘Intense Laser-Matter Interaction and Pulse Propagation’, at the Max-PlanckInstitut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany. 10. Member of scientific committee, Third international symposium on ultrafast intense laser science, 16-20 September 2004, Palazzo Steri and Città del Mare, Palermo, Italy. 2005 1. Co-scientific coordinator (with Andreas Becker, Nimrod Moiseyev and kaoru Yamanouchi) Seminar & Workshop: August 1 - 24, 2005, ‘Intense Laser-Matter Interaction and Pulse Propagation’, at the Max-PlanckInstitut für Physik komplexer Systeme, Dresden, Germany. 2. Co-chair (with Kaoru yamanouchi), International Winter Workshop on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science: material processing; Feb 11-14, 2005, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. propagation and 3. Co-chair (Kazutaka Nakamura, Todd Ditmire, and See Leang Chin) of the session “Laser Particle Generation and its Application to Chemistry” at the Pacific Chemistry Conference (Pacifichem), 12-15 Dec 2005 in Hawaii. 4. Member of international advisory and program committee, Laser Physics Workshop, 2005, Kyoto, Japan. July 4-8, 2005. 5. Member of organizing committee, XIV International Workshop on Multiple Scattering Lidar Experiments, (MUSCLEXIV), 5-7 Oct. 2005, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 6. ICONO/LAT-2005, St. Petersburg, Russia, May 11-15, 2005 JOINT ICONO/LAT SYMPOSIUM Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation: Phenomena and applications Andre Mysyrowicz, Co-Chair, Ecole Polytechnique, France Valerii Kandidov, Co-Chair, Moscow State University, Russia See Leang Chin, Co-Chair, Laval University, Canada 7. Member of the International Committee of the Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science-4 (ISUILS-4) in Kona, Hawaii, USA, 10-14, Dec. 2005. 8. Canadian coordinator of the international network on ultrafast intense laser science initiated by Japan (Prof. K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo) under the Core-to-Core program of the JSPS (Japanese society for the Advancement of Sciences), nicked named COAST project. 9. Member of international program committee, International symposium on ultrafast intense laser science 4, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 5-9, 2005. 10. Member of laser security committee of Laval University, 2005 -2008. 11. Chair, Atelier special de la science du laser ultra-rapide et intense, Université Laval, 23 déc. 2005 56 2006 1. Member of international advisory and program committee, Laser Physics Workshop, 2006,(LPHYS’ 06) Lausanne, Switzerland from 24-28, July, 2006. Also, co-chair of the ‘nonlineaar optics and spectroscopy’ seminar together with Professor Vladimir Makarov from Moscow State University and Professor Christos Flytzanis, France. 2. Member of laser security committee of Laval University, 2005 -2008 3. Member of scientific committee of the International Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo (Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2008) 4. Member of 2006 Quantum Electronics Award Committee, IEEE/LEOS (2006) 5. Member of ‘comité de sélection pour les bourses d’exemption des frais de scolarité majorés pour les étudiants étrangers’ de l’Université Laval, 2005-2008 6. Canadian coordinator through a NSERC-SRO matching fund for the international network on ultrafast intense laser science initiated by Japan (Prof. K. Yamanouchi, University of Tokyo) under the Core-to-Core program of the JSPS (Japanese society for the Advancement of Sciences), nicked named COAST project (2005-2008). The SRO grant title is: International thematic network on advanced ultrafast intense laser science. 7. Co-chair (with Ruxin Li, SIOM, China and Kaoru Yamanouchi, U. of Tokyo, Japan), International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science 5, Lijiang, Yunan, China, Nov. 28-Dec 3, 2006. 8. Co-chair (with André Mysyrowicz of ENSTA, École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France), International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser filamentation, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, September, 27-30, 2006. 9. Representing the Ultrafast Intense Laser Laboratory, COPL, Laval University as an international collaborator to participate in a new proposal led by SIOM (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences) for a major research grant under the National 973 Major Basic Research Program of China, 2006 -2011. 10. Member of the Research Steering Committee of the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.May.4 – 2009.May.3. 11. Co-chair (together with prof. Kaoru Yamanouchi of the University of Tokyo) of the first Canada-Japan bilateral meeting on ultrafast intense laser science, University of Tokyo, Japan, 2006.July 7-8. 12. Co-program-chair (together with Prof. Ruxin Li of SIOM (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), China) of the China-Quebec bilateral meeting on ultrafast intense laser science, Université Laval, Québec, 2006.09.30 -10.02. 13. Member of international advisory committee of the 3rd Asian Symposium of Intense Laser Science, Kuala Lumpur and Cameron Highland, Malaysia, July 2-5, 2007. 14. The Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), International Advisory Committee (IAC) member, 200615. Evaluator of the promotion of a faculty member of the Institute of Optics, The University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA (2006.12) 2007 1. Member of international advisory committee of the 3rd Asian Symposium of Intense Laser Science, Kuala Lumpur and Cameron Highland, Malaysia, July 2-5, 2007. 2. The Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics (WNLO), International Advisory Committee (IAC) member, 2006- 57 3. Member of the Research Steering Committee of the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.May.4 – 2009.May3 . 4. International Conference on Coherent and Nonlinear Optics (ICONO 2007) collocated with International Conference on Lasers, Applications, and Technologies (LAT 2007), May 27 – June 1, 2007, Minsk, Belarus. Co-chair (with V P Kandidov of Moscow State University, A. Mysyrowicz of LOA, France and Algis Piskarskas, Vilnius University, Lithuania), LAT/ICONO Joint Symposium on "Femtosecond laser pulse filamentation:Phenomena and applications". 5. Member of laser security committee of Laval University, 2005 -2008 6. Member of scientific committee of the International Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo (Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2010) 7. Member of international advisory and program committee, Laser Physics Workshop, 2007, (LPHYS’ 07) Leon, Mexico,20-24 August, 2007. Also, co-chair of the ‘nonlineaar optics and spectroscopy’ seminar together with Professor Vladimir Makarov from Moscow State University. 8. Co-chair (together with K. Yamanouchi of the University of Tokyo, Japan) of the Canada-Japan bilateral meeting on ultrafast intense laser science, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada, Mar. 5-8, 2007. 9. Member of International Advisory Committee, CIMTEC 2008 (Smart Materials, Structures and Systems), 3 rd international conference, Symposium B, Smart Optics (Materials, devices and applications) Acireale, Sicily, Italy, June 813, 2008. 10. Member, international advisory committee, Asian Symposium on intense laser science 3, Kuala Lumpur and Cameron Highlands, Malaysia, 2007.07.2-6. 11. Member of the international editorial board, laser physics letters. 12. International collaborator participating in the national 973 Major Basic Research Program of China led by SIOM (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Subject: high laser field frontier physics. 2007 -2012. 2008 1. Member of International advisory committee and co-chair, First international workshop on prospectives of high density short pulse lasers, 7-11 Jan. 2008, National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences/International Center-Scientific and Applied Studies, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt. 2. Member of the editorial board of the Journal on the Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China. 3. International scientific advisory board member, Ultrafast Intense Laser Physics National Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 4. Member of international advisory committee, and co-chair of nonlinear optics session, Laser Physics workshop, Trondheim, Norway. 5. Member of international advisory committee, Photonics and Optoeloectronics meeting, Wuhan, China, 24-27 Nov. 2008. 6. International committee member of ISUILS 7 (7 th International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science), Kyoto, Japan, 24-28, 2008. 7. Member of the Research Steering Committee of the National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences, University of Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, 2006.May.4 – 2009.May.3. 8. Co-chair of the second international conference on femtosecond laser filamentation, Paris, France, 22-25 Sept. 2008. 58 9. Member of the international editorial board, laser physics letters. 10. Associate editor-in-chief, Chinese Optics Letters. 11. Member of the international editorial board, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and material. 12. Member of laser security committee of Laval University, 2005 -2011. 13. Member of scientific committee of the International Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo (Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2010). 14. International collaborator participating in the national 973 Major Basic Research Program of China led by SIOM (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Subject: high laser field frontier physics. 2007 -2012. 15. Member of the editorial board, Frontiers of Optoelectronics (Journal) in China. 2009 1. Member of advisory and program committee and co-chair of seminar 5, nonlinear optics, International Laser Physics workshop (LPHYS’09), World Trade Center Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, from July 13 to July 17, 2009. 2. Evaluator for the promotion to full professorship of Barry Walker at the Department of Physics and Astronomy of the University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware 19716-2570, USA. 3. Member of international advisory committee, Third International Meeting on Frontiers of Physics, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 12-16 Jan 2009. 4. Associate editor-in-chief, Chinese Optics Letters. 5. Member of the international editorial board, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and material. 6. International committee member of ISUILS 8 (8 th International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science), Crete, Greece, Oct 3-8, 2009. 7. Co-chair of the high field physics session of CLEO-Pacific Rim, Shanghai, Aug. 30 –Sept. 3, 2009. 8. Member of the editorial board of the Journal on the Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China. 9. International scientific advisory board member, Ultrafast Intense Laser Physics National Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 10. Member of laser security committee of Laval University, 2005 -2011. 11. Member of scientific committee of the International Center for Ultrafast Intense Laser Science, Department of Chemistry, University of Tokyo (Jan. 2006 – Jan. 2010). 12. International collaborator participating in the national 973 Major Basic Research Program of China led by SIOM (Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences), Subject: high laser field frontier physics. 2007 -2012. 13. Co-guest editor (with Prof. Mikhail Fedorov) of the special issue (in August 2009) of Laser Physics Journal in honour of Prof. N. B. Delone, 2009. 14. External evaluator of the promotion of a faculty member from senior lecturer to associate professor in the department of physics in the University of Malaya, Malaysia (2009. 03.06). 59 15. Co-chair (with Prof. X-C Zhang) of the International workshop on THz generation in filaments, Université Laval, Quebec, Qc., Canada, 2009.05.22-23. 16. Co-chair of sub-committee on the program ‘femtosecond laser pulse filamentation’, ICONO/LAT (International Conferences on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics/conference on Laser, Applications and Technology), Kazan, Russia. 23-27 August 2010. 17. Co-chair of the third international conference on femtosecond laser filamentation (with Stelios Tzortzakis, Chair and André Mysyrowicz, co-chair), 2010.05.31 – 06.06.Crete Island, Greece. 2010 1. Co-chair of sub-committee on the program ‘femtosecond laser pulse filamentation’, ICONO/LAT (International Conferences on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics/conference on Laser, Applications and Technology), Kazan, Russia. 23-27 August 2010. 2. Co-chair of the third international conference on femtosecond laser filamentation (with Stelios Tzortzakis, Chair and André Mysyrowicz, co-chair), Crete Island, Greece. 2010.05.31 – 06.06. 3. Member of advisory and program committee and co-chair of Nonlinear physics seminar, International laser physics workshop, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil, July 5 to 9, 2010. 4. Member of international advisory committee, Asian Symposium on Intense Laser Science, Biejing, China, Oct. 13-16, 2010. 5. Member of international advisory committee, National and international high laser field physics conference of China, Jiading, Shanghai, China, Oct. 25-28, 2010. 6. Co-chair of the International symposium on chirped pulse amplification, (CPA 25th anniversary, a laser fest in the year of the 50th anniversary of laser), Laval University, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, (The other co-chair: Jean-Claude Kieffer, INRS-EMT, Varennes, Quebec, Canada) Nov. 17-21, 2010. 7. Member of international organizing and program committee, International Symposium on Ultrafast Intense Laser Science 9 (ISUILS 9), Maui, Hawaii, USA, Dec. 9-13, 2010. 2011 1. Member of advisory and program committees and co-chair of Nonlinear physics seminar, International laser physics workshop, Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina, 2011.07.11-15. 2. Associate editor-in-chief, Chinese Optics Letters. 3. Member of the international editorial board, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and material. 4. International advisory and program committee member of ISUILS 10 (10th International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science), Eisenach, Germany, 2011.10.16-21. 5. Member of the editorial board of the Journal on the Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China. 6. International scientific advisory board member, Ultrafast Intense Laser Physics National Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 2012 1. Member of advisory and program committees and co-chair of Nonlinear physics seminar, International laser physics workshop, Calgary, Canada, 2012.07.23-27. 2. Associate editor-in-chief, Chinese Optics Letters. 60 3. Member of the international editorial board, Journal of nonlinear optical physics and material. 4. International advisory and program committee member of ISUILS 11 (11th International Symposium on ultrafast intense laser science), Jeju, South Korea, 2012.10.21-25. 5. Co-chair (with Jerome Moloney, Andre Mysyrowicz and Stelios Tzortzakis), COFIL (international symposium on ultrafast intense laser filamentation), Tucson, USA. 2012.10.8-12. 6. Member of the editorial board of the Journal on the Frontiers of Optoelectronics in China. 7. International scientific advisory board member, Ultrafast Intense Laser Physics National Laboratory, Shanghai Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China. 8. Chair, International mini-symposium on ultrafast intense laser science, Laval University, Quebec City, Canada. 2012.07.19-20. 2013 1. Co-chair of sub-committee on the program ‘Symposium on femtosecond laser pulse filamentation’, ICONO/LAT (International Conferences on Coherence and Nonlinear Optics/conference on Laser, Applications and Technology), Moscow, Russia. 2013.06.18-22. 61